By election again 又是补选

I admired the strength and fighting spirit of the Pakatan Rakyat which comprises Party Keadilan, DAP and PAS. They are strange bed fellows but able to work together and rise to the occasion.

Despite of many quarrels, misunderstanding, different stand on various issues, and many dangers lurking within and without, the 3-member coalition seems to be holding up very well.

One of the powerful force against them is the Election Commission (EC). The recent rejection of resignation letters from the 3 state assembly persons in Perak is one of many David Vs Goliath situation that they have to face.

Today, the Election Commission officially announced that the by-elections for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat in Perak and the Bukit Selambau seat in Kedah will be held simultaneously on April 7. Nomination day is fixed on 29 March.

I have no ability to analysis what is the reason behind the dates chosen by the EC for the nomination and polling. But I always believed any decision by the EC is made in the best interest of the ruling BN, although EC is an independent commission appointed by the Yang Dipertuan Agong.

Why such a long waiting period? Almost one and a half month away! The nomination day of 29th March is just a day after UMNO election, very good timing!

I think the long period of time before nomination and polling is to give BN in general, UMNO in particular more time to settle in ( internal problems), and the new Perak state government to "buy" the hearts of the voters..... It also allows Najib to take over the helm of the Prime Ministership on1-3-2009 without hitches.

More importantly, it is a conspiracy. Chinese saying: "long night, more dreams". It is a disadvantage to the Oppositions. May be they are hoping more (if any) frogs and snakes from Pakatan would come out to cause trouble for their own parties(especially in Kedah).

I thought the former EC Chairman Abdul Rashid is snaky, the new Chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof is worse, he is a snake in wolf skin.

It may backfire! Just wait and see!


我非常敬佩人民联盟（民联）的战斗精神及能力。这个由三个政党 - 公正党、民主行动党及回教党组成的联盟，虽然是同床异梦的三个伙伴，但还能够合作，也能够面对挑战。

虽然时常有争吵 、误会 、对许多课题有不同的见解，还有内在及外在隐藏的危险，但到目前为止，还算是能够合的来，维持一体。

选举委员会是他们外在面对的强大势力之一。最近选举委员会拒绝接受三个州议员辞职信，就是他们要面对许多“大卫和哥来亚（巨人）”状况的一个例子。

今天早上，选举委员会宣布，霹雳州武吉干当区国会议席，与吉打州的武吉士南卯州议席两场补选将同步举行。提名日在3月29日，投票日则为4月7日。

我没能力分析为什么选举委员会定这个日期的原因。但作为普罗大众的一名，我一直都认为，这个有最高元首委任，中立的选举委员会，它所作的任何决定，都是以当权的国阵利益为出发点。

为什么这么长的等待期？几乎是一个半月！提名日就在巫统大会及党选后的隔天，多巧妙的日期。

我猜想这么长的时间，是要给国阵，特别是巫统，有充份的时间解决内部任何存余的问题，也给霹雳州新政府有更多的时间去收买民心。还有一点，就是纳吉的接管政权，不会有任何差错。

更重要的这是一个计谋。俗语说：夜长梦多。这是对民联不利的。可能他们给更多的时间，给民联里面还有（假如还有）的青蛙及鼠辈跳出来，去扰乱他们自己本身的政党（特别是吉打州）。

我以为前任选举委员会主席阿都拉昔够蛇，但这新主席阿都阿兹更糟糕，他是穿上狐狸皮的蛇。

不过，这可能弄巧反拙。就请拭目以待吧！