Why Ismail Sabri’s is truly a Merdeka cabinet

Ismail Sabri’s handpicked ministers will be sworn into the cabinet today.

His is an administration that has finally broken free (‘merdeka’) from the shackles of our colonial past.

Kabul attack — the other side of the story

Thirteen American soldiers (11 marines, 1 navy, 1 army) were killed when a bomb went off outside Kabul airport a few days ago.

Another 18 members of the USA military were injured.

That’s the view from western lens of the recent carnage. From the opposite perspective, close to 170 Afghans were also killed.

Vitally, an Isis bomber killed himself in the process.

Afghanistan — the graveyard of empires

Vengeance is mine, saith the USA president.

Joe Biden, btw, is the man they’re telling you had received more than 80,000,000 votes from the American public in their November 2020 presidential election.

Why Rohingya coming to M’sia are not refugees

Update2: Explosions at Kabul airport kill more than a dozen American soldiers. At least 90 Afghans killed in the airport twin bombing

No night clubs, no gambling dens — PAS

PAS mencadangkan supaya dibentuk sebuah dasar ‘reset’ di mana pusat judi dan kelab malam akan ditutup pasca pandemik — lihat bawah.

DAP eyeing Deputy Speaker post?

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See Kit Siang’s tweet below.

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Azalina’s resignation as Deputy Speaker of Parliament opens the way for far-reaching parliamentary reforms where a Deputy Speaker comes from the Opposition https://t.co/Kzwfr24Pkq pic.twitter.com/g8t8V6f6eX

— Lim Kit Siang (@limkitsiang) August 24, 2021

No breathing space for Ismail Sabri

We hear about ‘Healing the Nation’ from the opposition because they’re hidung tak mancung, pipi tersorong-sorong.

‘Healing the Nation’ is a cynical code word to press for their idea of a ‘ national unity government‘.

Will Dapsters start emigrating now?

Hannah Yeoh’s tweet from a decade ago – see below – had urged young people (who desired to emigrate) to change the government instead.

Well, DAP got the ‘ubah’ they wanted. The government changed in May 2018, in March 2020 and in August 2021.

So now what, DAP?

PM9 — PAS people getting the last laugh

Ismail Sabri is PM9, says The Star!

Like I predicted — Dapster heads are exploding from the glad tidings.

Reality bites

The gap between expectations of the voter base and actual delivery by their party is biggest with Chinese and DAP.

The more they preach ‘unity’ …

They’re now clamouring for a “national unity” government.

The UG cabinet composition they have in mind – see Malaysiakini below – is one that “must comprise representatives from all political parties from both sides of the divide”.

Chinese pushing back against Ismail Sabri

“In 2015 Ismail [Sabri] courted controversy as trade minister when he urged Malay consumers to boycott profiteering Chinese businesses,” British newspaper The Guardian recapped yesterday in its foreign news report.

The Cina DAP way of thinking

Kit Siang suggests that Harapan chief Anwar should be appointed to a new ‘war cabinet’ as its DPM — see his tweet below.

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If there are only two names for the position of PM, then one can be PM and the other DPM to form a war cabinet to combine all political forces in a War Parliament to gain control of the war against Covid-19 pandemic and to pave the way for 15th GE https://t.co/HtGNibVyg4 pic.twitter.com/6BgYZrhOIA

— Lim Kit Siang (@limkitsiang) August 19, 2021

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Other Chinese voices have also been eagerly floating the idea for a unity government.

In Feb 2020, they were called ‘frogs’; in May 2018, they were ‘doing it for the rakyat’

So far, there have not been any reports leaked this week that Anwar is benefiting from frogs despite the rainy season (and flash floods yesterday).

Update

The Star’s star reporter Joceline Tan believes the “big moment has arrived” for Ismail Sabri and that the former DPM will be sworn in as PM9 before the week is out.

BN-PN lineup could be like this

Dewan Speaker Art Harun would have collected his headcount of MPs regarding their PM choice by this evening.

The Malay parties are expected to close ranks, if the latest news reports are accurate. Until we get official confirmation, below is my guesswork as to how the cookie crumbles.

Wait for it, wait for it now …

Rumour has it that Dapster heads gonna explode! (at the ‘good’ news)

Malays really really don’t trust DAP

Is there anything that The Decepticons will not do?

They trigger the Chinese by exploiting community sentiments over pandemic-related tragic deaths and suicides.

They’ve been cynically manipulative of Chinese emotions through the ‘white flag’ hashtag. They prey on people’s misery for their political capital.

Now we get this expose from Sin Chew.

One day in politics is a lifetime

The PAS president has been talking about golongan “bukan Islam yang tidak ekstrem” quite consistently in his political sermons of late.

One wonders whether Hadi Awang includes the DAP in this group or not.

Disangkakan langit itu rendah

Di mana bumi dipijak …

Sheraton Reshuffle

PAS keeping DAP away with a 10-foot spiked pole is just as I anticipated — see Tuan Ibrahim’s statement below.

PAS is kingmaker

Like I said in my blog post last month on July 9 — Dapsters think menteri Melayu ‘F’ grade, Cina DAP ministers ‘A+’.

They apparently get this Chinese superiority complex from their party leaders — see today’s tweet (below) from @hannahyeoh complaining about the “incompetency” of PN ministers.

PAS views DAP as existential threat

From news report yesterday in Harakah headlined ‘PAS ambil langkah satukan umat Islam’.

The party paper quoted PAS president Hadi Awang as saying peristiwa hijrah “merupakan iktibar serta tauladan yang baik bagi menyatukan umat Islam dan golongan bukan Islam yang tidak keras menentang Islam”.

When will Chinese realise that DAP is dysfunctional?

The PAS president gave two latest sermons.

In the one yesterday Hadi Awang said, “PAS, Umno dan Bersatu yang merupakan tiga parti teras Melayu-Islam dan bumiputera perlu disatukan”.

Supaya acuan Islam boleh diperkenalkan dengan lebih berkesan.

Juga untuk menyingkirkan langkah negatif yang diambil oleh kalangan “kumpulan bukan Islam yang ekstrem”, kata Hadi.

How Sheraton Move changed M’sia forever

The main reason Muhyiddin is still holding on to power is because some Malays fear DAP may slip back into Putrajaya through the side door if his administration is collapsed.

Dysfunctional USA

This is a short postscript to my earlier blog entry titled ’Biden’s America is a dysfunctional country’.

Three days ago, I knocked The Washington Post as dysfunctional for trumpeting a headline that claimed ‘Simone Biles won the Tokyo Olympics’.

Their American gymnast – whose net worth is estimated to be ten million USD – had secured an individual bronze medal.

The real winner of the Tokyo Olympics is Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah (pix, middle), in my humble opinion.

A time for choosing

Wee Ka Siong – pictured below with DPM Ismail Sabri today – has decided to stand beside the Muhyiddin administration rather than with Umno (which means by extension, MCA is not standing with BN).

I think he and his party have made the wrong choice.

Amid the gloom and doom, M’sians deserve a cheer up moment

The photo gallery below should put a smile on your face.

Before Covid social distancing protocols, these two politicians used to hold hands in public.

Aaah, those were the days peng you …

Lame duck, sitting duck, dead duck and chicken feathers

MCA held an emergency meeting yesterday and it was past midnight when they released a statement.

The MCA politburo said no single party nor coalition can form a new stable government even if PN were to fall.

Biden’s America is a dysfunctional country

Under the Democrats, white has become black and vice versa in the USA.

Indians brace for possibly more trouble (S. Africa)

Thirty six people were killed in Phoenix during the July riots, said South Africa Police Minister Bheki Cele today.

Consequences of Chinese and their anti-establishment attitude

The way to think about it is to keep in mind Newton’s Law of Motion — ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction’.

Chinese in Malaysia are behaving as if oblivious of any potential reaction to their strong political actions.

Anwar gathering his MPs is like trying to herd cats

Is it possible for cats be herded like Harapan’s sheeple flock?

Indian vigilantes charged with killing black looters (S. Africa)

Three Indians face murder charges for the Phoenix killings during the South Africa riots last month (9 – 17 July).

Phoenix is a mainly Indian town 25km northwest of Durban city in KwaZulu-Natal province.

Black looters had targeted Indian-owned businesses during the riots.