Perak... maybe a silver lining out of this?

The things that are happening there..... in the years to come, when we have the hindsight, it'll be a different thing altogether.

The BN camp must be feeling very jubilant now. It's a coup. And already there those who say that for the Prime Minister in waiting who is more aggressive approach, this will look good when he becomes the number one this March. But that's another story. PR was a fragile coalition to start with. PAS with its theocracy state approach and looks like they are not going to compromise about it but at least they are not corruptible yet, DAP with its perceived Chinese chauvinist approach and PKR with its multiracial composition - actually most promising of the lot cos if PKR can work, then maybe a Malaysia on equal platform may actually come to fruition though it's still a long shot.

But what with the palace's stand of not dissolving the State Assembly? With the current situation, neither government will be strong. So who benefits? The people certainly are not going to benefit... with political parties fighting to be in power, they will hardly be focusing on what needs to be done to make sure the contraction in our economy will not hit too hard; that the stimulus package will benefit the people.... Nope! All this is not going to happen if politicians are too busy trying to make sure they stay in power.

So who benefits out of this??? Years ago, there was this UMNO leader who dared question the positions of the Sultans. The Sultans came out of that spat quite battered.... at that time, the coalition of parties which ruled the country was undisputed, no other party came close to challenging them. That was BN, unchallenged those days. With the political parties battering each other now.... the palaces have become places to seek legitimacy... power goes back to the palace. So the palace becomes relevant again; and that's what they probably would want. Many countries are questioning the relevance of monarchies in today's modern world.

So BN forms the government... what sort of government will it be? With 3 turncoats and another one already turned twice.... Terrible state this Silver State is in, cos this is a government imposed and not elected. Well, if you look at history... no gahmen has been able to exist forever... eventually their undoing comes out of their own doing. And right now, even though BN seems to be having the upper hand, they might just be starting to unravel....

And of all the Sultans, the present Sultan should understand this best but he too seems to have missed at least half of what his rakyat chose. Sultans are also human with desires... and the Regent of Perak said rulers must be neutral.... his father didn't think so! So, it's back to those days of old also perhaps for the palace?

But then again.... perhaps, just perhaps there is a silver lining in all this which will bear fruit and if it does bear the right fruit in time to come, all those who want so much to hang on to power through such means will find themselves being booted out for good... doing the right thing, that takes a lot of wisdom.... and courage. That is a bit lacking in all departments now...

In the mean time.... this is an apt reminder why we, the people should work together. There's always a next election.