The Big Challenge in Perak
The 12th General Elections concluded last Saturday with shocking results. I was just too busy celebrating the past few days to update my blog! Alhamdulillah, Allah has heard our prayers. Although I am quite disturbed by the fact that the PAS candidate at my place lost by a mere 348 votes, I am thankful to Allah for all His blessings. As Ustaz Hasrizal mentioned in his blog, each vote that we cast for the opposition - well, we are not opposition anymore, we hold 5 states! - will bring down their extraordinary arrogance down!!!!!
However, although all the other states have basically ‘settled down’, Perak is still trying to form a government. There have been all sorts of rumours and stories going around – DAP didn’t agree on Ir Nizar, PKR thought they had no seats when they have been allocated 2 exco positions, UMNO leaders trying to ‘buy over’ the PKR candidates, UMNO members wanting to join PAS, the Sultan wanted Lim Kit Siang to apologize – etc, etc. I just do not know what to believe anymore. But sincerely, I pray for the best for this state. The opposition, i.e. we, have gone THIS far. I mean, seriously, who’d ever thought that BN would fall? I kept telling all my friends, we aim to increase our say in the Parliament and we don’t wish to take over at all. But, although we planned, Allah is the best planner afterall!
I hope that the leaders get a concensus fast, appoint the MB and get to work. There is so much that we need to do, and so much wrong done by the BN government that we need to correct and rectify. Who becomes the exco is just a small matter. The rakyat have voted and we want to see our leaders working hand-in-hand to ensure that justice is done.
The best part in Perak is, we have the most learned Sultan Azlan (the most learned judge ever in Malaysia) and the most brilliant Regent (who holds a PhD from Harvard!). Therefore, the appointment of Ir Nizar who has a strong educational and professional background – will make everything complete!
