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Huru hara leads to hara kiri in Terengganu
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I just hope that if Pakatan Rakyat does manage to take
power in Terengganu they will remember all the mistakes
they made since 2000 and not repeat those mistakes or
else come the next general election Umno will be back in
power.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
With the resignation of ex-Menteri Besar Ahmad Said from
Umno (who is also the State Assemblyman for Kijal), plus two
other State Assemblymen (from Ajil and Bukit Besi), the
Terengganu State Assembly is now in a deadlock. That will make 15 versus 15 (if the Speaker is included
or else it will be just 14) with three independents.
There are 32 state constituencies in Terengganu and in the May 2013 general election Barisan Nasional
won 17 seats (all Umno) while Pakatan Rakyat won 15 (PAS 14 and PKR 1). And, most important to note,
is that PAS won four of the eight Parliament seats (Kuala Nerus, Kuala Terengganu, Marang and Dungun)
while Umno also won four (Besut, Setiu, Hulu Terengganu and Kemaman) to make it 50:50.
PKR engaged PAS in three-corner fights in Seberang Takir, Kota Putera and Bukit Besi, all three seats
that were won by Umno. Even though Umno still won more votes than PAS and PKR combined, the
question still remains that had PKR not engaged in three-corner fights in these three seats would PAS
now be the government in Terengganu?
In fact, PKR also lost in Permaisuri, which saw another three-corner fight with an independent candidate,
who did not do too badly by winning almost 20% of the votes (even though Umno still won more votes
than the PKR and the independent candidate combined but by just about 1,000 votes). Hence if it was
a straight fight could PKR have won this seat?
PAS also lost Kemasik in another three-corner fight where the combined PAS and independent candidate
votes was 300 short of the Umno votes. Nevertheless, if it was a straight fight, PAS could have won this
seat, as some votes Umno won could have been protest votes resulting from the three-corner contest.
In short, it was (turmoil) in Terengganu in the recent general election in May last year and had huru hara
things been better organised it is not impossible for Pakatan Rakyat to have won that state. All they
needed was just another two seats.
Ahmad Saids appointment as Menteri Besar in 2008 was also . The popular candidate was the hura hara
then Menteri Besar, Idris Jusoh, but His Highness the Sultan wanted Ahmad Said instead. Hence there
were anti-Sultan protests organised by the pro-Idris Jusoh faction.
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Natang
(Note: natang is short for binatang, which is
considered derogatory in Malay culture).
Is Terengganu headed for a Constitutional Crisis? If it is
this is not the first time. In the 1959 general election, the
first to be held two years after Malaya gained
independence from the British, PAS, then known as the
Pan Malayan Islamic Party or PMIP, won Terengganu by
winning 13 state seats. The Alliance party won only
seven seats while Sir Onn Jaafars Parti Negara won
four.
Daud Samad from PAS was elected the Menteri Besar
but he did not last long, though. Two years later, two PAS State Assemblymen and another three from
Parti Negara defected to Umno.
A vote of no confidence was then passed against the PAS government in the Terengganu State Assembly
and the government fell and Tan Sri Ibrahim Fikri Mohammad took over as the new Umno Menteri Besar
of Terengganu.
Umno held on to Terengganu until the 1999 general election when Barisan Alternatif took power against
the backdrop of Anwar Ibrahims incarceration and the Reformasi movement but lost the state in the
following general election in 2004 after the breakup of Barisan Alternatif when DAP left the coalition due to
their unhappiness regarding Hudud.
So Terengganu has always been in a state of But the latest is most interesting huru hara. huru hara
indeed. What happened to PAS in 1961 may now happen to Umno. And if PAS (or Pakatan Rakyat) does
manage to take power in Terengganu it may be extremely difficult for Barisan Nasional to win back the
state in the coming general election.
And this is what happens when a Prime Minister is surrounded by a bunch of idiots. They will tell the
emperor that his clothes are lovely when in fact the emperor is stark naked. And is it surprising that Tun Dr
Mahathir Mohamad wants Najib Tun Razak ousted and replaced?
Maybe I can start making plans to return to Terengganu, the state I called home for 20 years from 1974 to
1994. But then maybe not because Terengganu under PAS may most likely also push for Hudud and I will
probably be the first to be charged for heresy, apostasy and various other crimes against God.
Anyway, that is another subject for another time. I just hope that if Pakatan Rakyat does manage to take
power in Terengganu they will remember all the mistakes they made since 2000 and not repeat those
mistakes or else come the next general election Umno will be back in power.
Oh, and by the way, this is my favourite Terengganu song, , which I never tire of hearing. Ulek Mayang
Hidup Terengganu Kita!
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