Month: November 2022

Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 14

~ The Koboi Project

Zahid visiting Anwar in Hospital in 2017. Pecah belah kuncu yang rapat, Lama lama berkuncu lagi!

A friend, in need, is a friend indeed. Whenever Anwar Ibrahim has been in need Zahid has been there in deed –

  1. Brothers in activism at Universiti Malaya in the 1970’s
  2. Zahid was chief during Anwar’s risi in UMNO in the 1990’s
  3. Spearheaded Anwar’s challenge to Mahathir during Umno general assembly in June 1998
  4. Stood by Anwar at the cost of being detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) when Anwar was sacked in Sept 1998.
  5. Joined Najib to write a letter to the Agong, backing Anwar’s bid to become prime minister in October 16, 2020.
  6. A press statements matching with Anwar’s in a bid to topple Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in March 2021.
  7. His surprisingly intimate and sympathetic conversation with Anwar against respective party sentiments, leaked in April 2021.
  8. And now, leading UMNO in backing Anwar’s long awaited asscent to Malaysia’s Prime Ministership

Image: https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2021/03/17/full-circle-why-the-coming-together-of-anwar-and-zahid-is-no-surprise

https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2020/10/16/revealed-najib-zahid-jointly-wrote-to-palace-in-support-of-anwar

https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2021/03/05/bn-ph-come-together-with-identical-statements-signed-by-zahid-and-anwar

https://soundcloud.com/malaysianow/anwar-zahid-phone-conversation

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Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 13

~ The Koboi Project

Mungkin kah Zahid jadi DPM? Carik-Carik Bulu Ayam, Lama-lama Bercantum Juga!

Anwar Ibrahim and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi began their close association as student activists at Universiti Malaya in the 1970s. This relationship reached its apotheosis at the Umno general assembly of 1998, during which Zahid spearheaded Anwar’s bid to oust Mahathir with allegations of cronyism and nepotism in the award of government contracts. As the coup collapsed and Anwar went to prison, Zahid survived by shifting his allegiance to Mahathir. Today, despite pending  criminal breach of trust cases, he is poised to become Anwar’s deputy once again. Although a top UMNO leader is reported to have said this is not likely, Carik-Carik Bulu Ayam, Lama-lama Bercantum Juga!

mage: https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2021/03/17/full-circle-why-the-coming-together-of-anwar-and-zahid-is-no-surprise

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2022/11/16/sukar-tak-mungkin-zahid-jadi-pm-kata-sumber-umno/

Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 12

~ The Koboi Project

Now that the katak metaphor is obsolete we have shifting goal posts in Malaysian politics..

Image adapted from: http://pongfootball.weebly.com/

see also: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/645966

Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 11

~ The Koboi Project

Back to the future. Deja Vu! Mahathir was not wrong about the pact, just early! Or was he remembering?

Image :https://cilisos.my/in-1998-zahid-hamidi-was-part-of-the-reformasi-now-he-may-be-on-anwars-side-again/

Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 10

~ The Koboi Project

Politik Malaysia 1955 -2022

1955 – A decisive win for Alliance in the first elections held in Malaya.
2022 – A Unity Government consisting of PH, BN, GPS, and GRS

Anwar has become detached from Pakatan Harapan and is imbricated with UMNO, GPS and GRS. UMNO now occupies the place of the MCA as the second partner in the coalition as MCA has been displaced. DAP has taken the place third place from MIC. Following not so far behind, as the Unity Government crosses the finish line, is the ethnocracy threatened by Perikatan Nasional. PAS is already there at the finish as the party that won the largest number of seats in GE 15.

Previous version: https://koboiproject.com/2020/07/15/politik-malaysia-1955-2020/

Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 9

~ The Koboi Project
Mahathir has offered Anwar his congratulations. These are the good wishes of a supremo who has finally lost the crown (sometimes held by a proxy), after keeping his nemesis at bay in a lifelong battle. Mahathir has finally lost every last inch of his kingdom, but he went down fighting at the grand old age of 97. Given his inside view of the struggle, personal feelings aside, I believe he must have the highest regard for Anwar’s prowess in achieving this grindingly impressive rise.




Ke Mana Malaysia Kita? 7

~ The Koboi Project

A is for Anwar Ibrahim. He is now the 10th PM of Malaysia and his first job is to form the cabinet of the new unity government. Partiularly, he has to find a compromise that satisfies his old allies of choice and his new allies of convenience (or duty, to put it positively).. What will this mean for all the hopes of his base, particularly their ‘no compromise on corruption’ and ‘the Malaysia for all’ aspirations. Whatever the outcome, Anwar Ibrahim is now the leader of a larger coalition than he started with and this logically means a degree of detachment from the community that brought him to the Prime Minesterial role. The pertinent question is – how far he will rise above his base?

Update 17. 12.2022: Some quarters are now suggesting that Anwar Ibrahim’s Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)signed with his Unity Government supporters on the eve of the vote of confidence on his new government, is a prelude to a new Malaysian Autocracy! The MOA allegedly contains a condition that misconstrues Article 49A of the Federal constitution as it refers to it as the basis for a clause that requires government MPs to vacate their seat if they vote against the prime minister. On the other hand one cannot but sympathize with the new PM in his desperate need to restrain Malaysian parliaments inherently amphibious condition – its tendency towards Katakcracy!


https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2022/12/17/unity-govts-mou-prelude-to-dictatorship-says-ex-deputy-law-minister/