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PAS’ Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat gave a plausible answer , although I must say it has come slightly late after the damage is already done.

However, a good answer is better than none at all. It is understandable that the sultan of Selangor may choose to reject PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as the next menteri besar, thus dragging on the MB saga even longer.

According to Suhaizan, the sultan may ask for another name from Pakatan Rakyat. However, I doubt that His Highness would want the palace to be seen as being dragged into the politics in the state. He, too, would not want to be seen as being difficult or favouring one person or party over the other, as the rakyat are watching.

Dr Wan Azizah, or Kak Wan, has received an overwhelming support from the state assembly. At this juncture, it is 13 from PKR, 15 from DAP and 15 from PAS - a total of 43 from a total of 56 state assemblypersons.

Compared to the beleaguered Khalid Ibrahim, who has only 13 state assemblypersons supporting him (him and 12 Umno state assemblypersons), this is more than two-third of the majority in the entire assembly. In other words, Kak Wan is the obvious choice.

The sultan would only call the dissolution of the state assembly if there are reasons to believe that it is a hung assembly. He could also ask for another name only if there are major issues involving the candidate proposed by all three parties in Pakatan, such as corruption.

The fear that Kak Wan may lack the experience of running a state should not be the reason for the sultan to ask for another candidate, or choose someone else against the candidate picked by the rakyat.

Personal preferences such as “I don’t like you” or “I prefer another person” should not mar the palace, especially when the candidate, in this case, Kak Wan, is obvious.

Therefore, in my opinion, while Suhaizan is right that PAS has to take precautions, we should not underestimate the abilities of the woman. After all, if the saying is true, “Behind every successful man, there is a woman”, then the fear of Kak Wan being a puppet for her husband, Anwar Ibrahim, is nothing but an insult spun by hers and Anwar’s rivals.

If Kak Wan is Anwar’s puppet, what about the current attack against Najib Abdul Razak? They say that Najib is too soft. Is the public not also asking who is really the prime minister of Malaysia? Therefore, why the spin therefore that Kak Wan will be Anwar's puppet?

Suhaizan and PAS should not be overly concerned about the spin or overreact to the news. At the juncture when the PAS president had an audience with the sultan, it may be because the situation was very different.

To the people, ‘Enough is enough’

Now that Pakatan Rakyat has overcome this MB saga, it has come out much stronger, having learnt that respect for each other is what earns them respect from the people. Let's move on, because to me, you guys need to work harder to capture Putrajaya.

Nothing more, nothing less, by the next general election, because to the people, “Enough is enough!”

Now, the maverick, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, is coming out again to spew his venom like what he did to Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. With the help of his ‘machai’ like Isma president Abdullah Zaik Abdul Rahman, former NST boss Kadir Jasin and former minister Zainuddin Maidin, they are executing part of a campaign to stir up discontentment in the Umno Baru that Mahathir had created. Let us show the ex-PM that he no longer has a place in this country.

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