3rd pol-assassination of Anwar Ibrahim?

Malaysiakini - Wan Azizah says not heard of impending cabinet reshuffle:

that's why I have a bigger fan, just in case 

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said today she had not heard anything about a cabinet reshuffle after the Chinese New Year festival.

She said any decision on changes to the cabinet was the prerogative of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“That you have to ask the prime minister because I have not heard anything about a cabinet reshuffle,” she told reporters after attending the Chinese New Year open house organised by the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH) in Kuala Lumpur.

Wan Azizah was asked to comment on a blog post yesterday claiming that Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali would be appointed deputy prime minister after the Chinese New Year.

Following the blog post, speculation has strengthened on the possible appointment of Azmin as deputy prime minister because talk is that Mahathir has been giving him important assignments including making him chairperson of the Kelantan State Action Council and, possibly, to also head the proposed body similar to the previous National Economic Action Council.

Above sticky point for Princess Iron Fan stems from an article by blogger Brick-in-Wall titled: Azmin appointed DPM after CNY?. Extracts of that article informs:

Rumours among close circle is that Mahathir will be appointing Azmin as Deputy Prime Minister after the Chinese New Year holidays.

It should answer a question from a friend and PPBM member on the fate of Anwar Ibrahim.

mafulat, am I gonna get it in the oether eye, again? 

Contrary to wishful thinking of some Anwar's diehards, Mahathir will not keep his promise.

Anwar is one of two persons which Mahathir effectively been saying, "over my dead body" for any of them to be Prime Minister. [...]

The formula is not known but Mahathir will not likely put Boboi as successor.

even in Dad's eyes, Mukhriz plays 2nd fiddle to Azmin 

The former PMO boys may not agree, but Mahathir had once confided in private that Mukhriz is a weak leader.

Mukhriz is too much a Mama's boy - dipimpin, bukan memimpin (being led, then lead). Can't even get his wife to play role as MB's wife.

This blog has been endlessly saying for years that Mahathir's choice will be Azmin. If god permit, Mahathir will make his move soon. [...]

There have been 'reliable' whispers that Maddy himself has confided to his intimates he may not last another year, and fears what will happen to Mukhriz when he's gone. He needs to strike now and drastically, more so at a time when Anwar is still weak.

Anyway, Brick-in-Wall's article continues with:

Anwar have been meeting friends, supporters, school buddies, fellow activists etc. to garner support, but he is not telling them the truth.

He claimed to have worked out the deal and arrangement with Mahathir for the transition of power.

While Anwar is gathering forces, Mahathir will do a blietzkrig. [...] Mahathir do not care much for rules and convention. To quote one of his son, "When he wants something, he goes for it all the way". That is not a political genius but the unexpected move similar to a criminal.

Anwar could be fixed up again. This time it is not sodomy III, but likely a trust fund issue. With a plan to put Anwar out of the way. it seemed logical to appoint Azmin as DPM.

The friend offered a table of the theoretical number of seats for Mahathir-Azmin faction:

It was his basis to think Anwar days are numbered and Azmin would be next PM-in-waiting.

Unfortunately, it is an old estimate.

With the recent Cameron Highlands win and the Bossku morale booster, wakakaka, UMNO seems to be back-tracking from its earlier froggy-to-Pribumi mentality, whilst Warisan is not a guaranteed capture.

Furthermore, Brick-in-Wall narrated:

GPS could take a realistic position but it is too optimistic to assume all 19 to support Team A. They need convincing.

What do Mahathir has to offer them other than threats such as opening PPB branch in Bintulu or allowed Sawarak Report to continue their attack on Pehin Taib Mahmud?

Will Sarawakians trust him to offer a settlement to MA63? Will they see any of his promise as just another typical broken promises of Mahathir?

Then Cina-Hindu King-Maker DAP, who despises Azmin, is still a considerable chunk of PH with 42 MPs. And PKR itself is fractured along the Anwar - Azmin divide. Just based on above table, the pro-Anwar faction of PH, comprising only PKR's 'Cats' and DAP numbers 71.

'Dwarfs' above, 'Cats' below 

In above table, Amanah has been placed under pro Azmin bloc at 11 but seems to be counter-balanced by 18 PAS members. But then again, Amanah in Kelantan has indicated its non preference of Azmin Ali as the PH (or rather Maddy's) nominee to head the state action council, MTNg. Does that reflect the general Amanah's preference? MM Online had reported:

Kelantan Amanah vice-chairman Che Ibrahim Mohamed had told Berita Harian that Azmin’s appointment by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad violates the agreement reached at the Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council before the 14th General Election.

Che Ibrahim said PH Kelantan chief Datuk Husam Musa was promised the position and that Amanah will be left to handle Terengganu and Melaka as well.

Wakakaka.

No wonder Fitch unit sees Pakatan parties turning on each other as going gets tough.

It was alright for Maddy in his old UMNO days when his UMNO II party predominated BN, but in the current PH, his Pribumi is the weakest link. He needs a re-think of his old imperialistic ways and his invincible hatred of Anwar Ibrahim.

same same

But interesting times for PH lie ahead.

Disintegration of Pakatan soon?

MM Online - Fitch unit sees Pakatan parties turning on each other as going gets tough (extracts):

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — The ideologically disparate Pakatan Harapan (PH) components could grow hostile towards each other if the pact’s approval keeps waning due to unpopular policies and their own infighting, said Fitch Solutions Macro Research.

According to the Fitch Ratings affiliate, the four parties hold different and at times opposing paradigms of the country, which it previously warned of after PH secured the upset victory in last year’s 14th general election.

On one side, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) is overtly pro-Bumiputera and Amanah professes to be Islamist, while on the other are the multiracial but largely-Malay PKR and Chinese-dominated DAP.

The four had been unified by the shared goal of deposing Barisan Nasional (BN) last year, but these ties have weakened without a common enemy to distract them from their differences.

“This would especially the case if the government were to show continued favouritism to majority ethnic Malay voters, which could alienate ethnic minorities,” Fitch Solutions said in a research note today.

“The other component parties, particularly the DAP, could then feel the need to stake out more racially driven positions in order to maintain the support of the minorities and such a development could foster a greater degree of disunity in the government before its term runs out in 2023.”

Matters were made worse as the sheen has worn off the new administration, due in part to its failures to deliver many of the pledges made in its election manifesto.

In particular, Fitch Solutions pointed out that PH has made little progress in alleviating rising costs that was a key campaign platform before the general election and which remains a crucial topic to Malaysians amid a slowing global economy.

With racial and religious politics ramping up again, Malaysians were also losing faith in the promise that the country was headed towards a “New Malaysia” with greater equality.

“Therefore, we are maintaining Malaysia’s Short Term Political Risk Score at 72.5 (out of 100), with the ‘policy-making process’ and ‘policy continuity’ being the weakest sub-components at 68.3 and 67.5, respectively.”

When PH took over as the government last May, Malaysians had been generous in accepting its reasons for why it could not deliver on some of its more ambitious pledges, such as the abolition of all tolled highways in the country.

As the broken promises and excuses amassed, however, patience began growing thin.

pre 09 Mar 18 - Pakatan (DAP) against AES

post 09 Mar 18 - Pakatan (DAP) installing 11 more AES along the North-South Expressway

Things were exacerbated when PH officials began adopting policies from the previous BN administration, for which they had previously attacked the latter coalition but were now defending with tenuous justifications.

This has allowed BN to point out the apparent duplicity in such moves and contributed to the resurgence in popularity of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The former prime minister was a key factor for the public rejection of BN during last year’s election but has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts by picking apart the decisions, remarks, and actions of PH leaders and ministers.

He has also tapped into the undercurrent of discontent among some sections of the Malay community, which could increase the pressure of the Malay-based PH components to match the racial rhetoric to the dismay of the pact’s other parties.

Wishing all Malaysians Peace, Prosperity, Good Health, Safe Life & Happiness

and Wealth too, wakakaka, in the new Lunar-Solar Calendar Year 2019

Silence of Lamb (paa-less) Pakatan

FMT - The deafening silence of PH leaders by TK Chua:

other than Mahathir and biologically Wan Azizah (and Pakatan sweeties), the rest including backbenchers are boe-hood

Malaysia must continue to speak up on issues such as moderation, good governance, people’s livelihood, sound policies and progressiveness.

But Pakatan Harapan’s victory has now given us another problem.

PH politicians who used to champion moderation, economic wellbeing, good governance and the environment have become silent.

Umno, as an opposition, does not even know how to advocate these issues and continues to harp on Malay supremacy and privileges to stay relevant.

Similarly for PAS. Their preoccupation with religiosity and obsession with Muslim leadership regardless of competency and integrity.

It would have been more tolerable and palatable if Umno and PAS, despite their racial and religious orientation, have fought more for “livelihood issues” by articulating better policies and economic management.

But it is not to be. They have essentially used race and religion as conduits to power rather than to build a better Malaysia.

As for PH, they have largely forgotten where they came from.

The smarter ones among PH have become frontbenchers. Hence, they don’t provide checks and balances anymore. In fact, they are even afraid of being criticised now.

The backbenchers among PH, except for a few, have also become silent or disinterested. I have got an inkling that many of them are just trying to be nice guys – you know, don’t rock the boat and wait for their turn.

loose cannon or not, we need him more than ever 

Who then is fighting for Malaysia today? Who has pointed out the drastic increase in vehicle insurance premiums lately?

Who is studying whether the proposed increases in water tariff is justified? Who is following up on whether the current toll rates and electricity tariffs are “overpriced”? Who is looking at Lynas now? Who is concerned with continued environmental degradation and encroachment of our forests and catchment areas?

Who is monitoring the many construction mishaps and accidents in the country? Who is tracking inflation, cost of living, unemployment and wages?

Who is taking an interest in death in custody and unjustified use of certain draconian laws? Who is highlighting and criticising some of the ill-conceived policies being proposed and implemented by PH?

When BN was in power, we had no shortage of criticisms of government’s shortcomings and misdeeds. We justifiably highlighted many malfeasance and bad policies. Today, how many politicians do the same? Former prime minister Najib Razak has pointed out a few shortcomings here and there but he lacks credibility.

Silence of Lamb (paa-less) Pakatan

Boe-Hood Tong 

As I see it, many of the present politicians don’t even want to take an interest to know what is going on, much less to evaluate and criticise.

Many said May 9 was a watershed for genuine change and a new Malaysia.

Unfortunately, many are now telling me May 9 was not a watershed for change but an indication that we, as a nation, cannot really change. It is as if we are a handicapped country forever caught in the quagmire of political elitism, vested interest, cronyism, race and religion.

Food for thought, did Zimbabwe change after Robert Mugabe?

Related:

(1) Silence of Lamb (-paa-less) by DAP in face of Mahathirism Redux.

(2) Pakatan Ministers who are 'kacang lupa kulit'.

Edgar Lee Masters wrote a poem on Silence more than a century ago. The following is the last paragraph of his poem:

And there is the silence of the dead.
If we who are in life cannot speak
Of profound experiences,
Why do you marvel that the dead
Do not tell you of death?
Their silence shall be interpreted
As we approach them.

Chai, just keep your eyes on your Sudoku, don't look up or you'll be questioned on currrent policies or worse, on Mahathir's reversion on some policies and plans

Pakatan in Cameron Highlands like Custer at Litlle Bighorn

MM Online - Don’t get too used to power, Ambiga warns Pakatan lawmakers (extracts):

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Former Malaysian Bar president and activist Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has expressed concern that Pakatan Harapan lawmakers are losing touch with the common people, who are becoming increasingly disenchanted.

The lawyer said when PH was still the Opposition prior to the 14th general election (GE14), they were with the people on the streets, speaking and reaching out to them at all times but now there appears to be a big gap when it comes to engaging with the rakyat.

... she said one of the things she has observed is that the people are no longer informed on the government’s plans and their patience was running out.

The former member of the Institutional Reforms Committee said PH should not get too comfortable with where they are right now.

“None of them in PH have that characteristic to go down and meet the people... no one has been seen going down to the people nowadays. My advice to them is don’t get too used to the power,” she said.

Ambiga cited examples of how Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan, Umno MP, recently whipped up a bizarre dish of fried rice with strawberries from Cameron Highlands and how other Barisan Nasional candidates including former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was seen on the ground driving a four-wheel drive through muddy terrain and rivers, having meals and activities with the rural area voters during the state seat’s by-election campaign.

“You know that’s the touch, Pakatan cannot afford to lose that. Of course, it is difficult while you have other jobs to carry out in the respective ministries.

Following Ambiga's previous article in MM Online, Ambiga: Growing support for Najib ‘very worrying’, wouldn’t happen in other countries, and Tajuddin Rasdi's succinctly written article in FMT titled Saving Malaysia, again, the latter which I cheekily re-titled Pakatan may lose GE15?, wakakaka, it's little wonder Ambiga has come out again to remind Pakatan leaders Don’t get too used to power and become too BIG-HEADED and/or TOKONG-ish. 

She's worried that Pakatan ministers and leaders have lost touch with their supporters, stating:

"... Pakatan must also understand we are coming in at a difficult time — recession time — and the patience of the people is running out.

“I’m always of the view that reform and change must occur quickly because if you wait too long, they will lose the stomach for reform. They will start thinking of the next elections.”

Of course, implicit in what she has said have been the number of free capati's Pakatan leaders have been handing out generously, wakakaka.

I bet those Pakatan leaders probably have been thanking and thinking Mahathir's dictum "... pre-election manifesto is not a bible that has to be followed and abided by religiously" has been just great, audaciously courageous and life-saving for them and their reckless promises.

And Mahathir was even considered as cuter when he confessed Pakatan made those unachievable pre-election manifesto promises in reckless fashion thinking they could not possibly win GE14, but without realising his confession revealed Pakatan for making manifesto lies and fabrications in order just to win.

Be that as they were, yes, the above have worried Ambiga when she foresees what Tajuddin Rasdi mentioned, that growing disenchantment with capati-inclined and now-secretive-obsessed and less-tolerant Pakatan may yet prove to be disastrous for the "new" Malaysia.

Apart from that, IMHO, Pakatan lost the Cameron Highlands by-election because of over-confidence and an unfounded belief in its own popularity, invincibility and its perception of an-already destroyed UMNO.

The 09 May 2018 momentous GE14 victory and a couple of other by-elections had led an over-confident Pakatan to expect winning Cameron Highlands with hands tied behind its arrogant back.

T'was only in the latter stages of the campaign that some of its more experienced leaders, eg. Lim KS, began to be aware that, like the US 7th Calvary in June 1876, Pakatan had walked into its Little Bighorn battlefield.

Battle of the Little Bighorn 

Like Lt Col George Armstrong Custer, Pakatan was too arrogant, overconfident and had only contempt for the enemies - those were the principal factors leading to Pakatan's defeat in Cameron Highlands.

Its arrogance and overconfidence had sadly, in just a mere 8 months, detached Pakatan significantly on many aspects from the voters.

Lim KS's several ominous anti-Najib warnings were too late or ignored, and his last minute shameless appeals to the Chinese voters of Cameron Highlands who work elsewhere to return home to vote for Pakatan were unheeded.

Will Pakatan make the same mistakes in Semenyih?

Pakatan may lose GE15?

Now this is what I admire in a well-written political analysis-expression, with the correct fighting points brilliantly identified (including giving some Pakatan ministers and leaders a kick in their butt for N.A.T.O*).

* N.A.T.O in Malaysian context means No-Action-Talk-Only or 'tin kosong'

Tajuddin Rasdi's succinctly written article Saving Malaysia, again in FMT follows:

I'll get that bastard and save Malaysia, I swear 

On May 9, Malaysians did not win a war. We won one battle. I now call on us all to combine our strengths and, once again, save Malaysia by fighting the disinformation on social media and in mosques.

I am writing this article just three months shy of the anniversary of May 9 – the second Independence Day of the people. The Pakatan Harapan (PH) government is in danger of collapse come GE15, perhaps even sooner. I predict that the Semenyih by-election will favour opposition parties, with their racial and religious rhetoric.

Pakatan Capati 

PH is losing the battle for the Malay mindset on social media. We have non-Malays who are disenfranchised with PH for not fulfilling its manifesto due to its mollycoddling of the Malay sentiment. At the same time, PAS and Umno are gaining ground with their “DAP menjatuhkan Islam dan Melayu” mantra and their talk of “the Christianisation of Malaysia by DAP”. PAS and Umno are helped, perhaps unconsciously, by the state’s religious sermons which have whether knowingly or not, contributed to the dismantling of ideas and ideals in Malaysia.

The battleground has shifted from television and earlier forms of media. It is now on social media: Facebook and, most dangerous of all, WhatsApp. These two media forms are inadvertently helped by the ceramahs and sermons at mosques and suraus across the nation. To counter this assault, PH must act now, with the help of the people.

PH ministers must play hardball. I understand their reluctance, but I consider the nation to be in a crisis mode. Ministers may be happily driving their limousines, but I have read the writing on the wall after four by-elections, the demonstrations against ICERD, and the ruckus over the Seafield temple issue.

Koh-Tsu-Koon or Liow Tiong Lai the Second? 

Maszlee Malik and Mujahid Yusof Rawa, who are in charge of over 15,000 ustaz or religious teachers or officers at schools and the Malaysian Islamic Development Department as well as public universities, must use these people to spread the Rahmatan–lil-alamin concept of Islam after they have undergone a course on the subject of civilisational interaction. This will help the ustaz understand and appreciate the various faiths through talks, exams, study as well as visits and social interaction with people of all faiths in this country. These religious teachers, academics and scholars must be able to speak on the real Islam – the Islam that can exist within the context of democracy, nation-building and universal spirituality.

it was actually my UMNO that PAS had referred to as 'parti kafir' in the 1980 

Ministries must also work hard to counter all false information with the truth, presented in an engaging matter so as to persuade more people. Just appearing on Astro Awani won’t cut it. During the Reformasi era, Malays like me turned off the television for 20 years. Now Malays in Umno and PAS do the same. Umno no longer carries the 1MDB baggage of former prime minister Najib Razak. Najib and former deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi are out. The Umno that is left is “clean”. So Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng harping on 1MDB no longer holds any water for the Malays. PH must come up with a new narrative of how Malays can be better off economically, socially and spiritually with this government.

Dei 'Atuk instructed me what?! 

And what are the police doing about all the fake news, slanderous videos and seditious letters being passed along on WhatsApp? All I have seen so far is the police swiftly catching a poor man who said something not nice about the them. He was slapped with a cruel six-month jail term. Some people made comments about the recent resignation of the king and, again, there was a rapid response from the police. What are the police doing with all the WhatsApp messages that could derail our country’s social and religious harmony? Writing a book? And what about a politician’s suggestion that only Muslims be elected as MPs? Is that not against our constitution? He may think it is religiously correct, according to his interpretation of Islam, but this view is in direct contradiction to the constitution. Why is this man still making speeches?

Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin must step up his game or else give the post to someone else. He does not even know whether the G25 book “Breaking Silence” is seditious or not. If the book is considered seditious, I recommend that all public universities be closed down because every new idea is necessarily “seditious and disrupts society”. If the book is seditious, then why are the authors and the writer of the foreword not in custody?

Society is not supposed to be stagnant and graze like cows. The human spirit is necessarily rebellious against social norms in order to ascend the ladder of spiritual and intellectual enlightenment. What is the need for a home ministry if it cannot tell between a good intellectual book and complete trash?

I call upon my brethren, the Malaysians who love the idea and ideals of Malaysia, to do battle for our country. We must band together and help the PH government save Malaysia – for us. Not for Anwar Ibrahim, not for Mahathir, not for Mohamed Azmin Ali. For us and for our children.

I'm against hook-nosed Jews but not against hook-nosed Saudis 

We must report any fake news or disinformation to the relevant authorities. We must also report our friends, our relatives and our colleagues whom we know are committing acts that could undermine our constitution. I did that against one of my closest relatives and now he does not spread any news whatsoever. I took the necessary risk of undermining my family ties, and I do not regret it. I did it because firstly, as a Muslim, the spreading of fake news is a great sin. Secondly, my relative could be charged with sedition if caught by the police. Thirdly, I did it to save Malaysia for all of my brethren – the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Sikhs, Eurasians, Kadazandusuns and others. I may lose some Malay friends, relatives and colleagues but the price is small compared to losing the ideas and ideals of our forefathers who formed the constitution of Malaysia.

On May 9, we did not win a war. We merely won a battle. We gained a foothold in the war to win Malaysia, but there are many more to go before the ideas and ideals of Malaysia see the light of day. Let the spirit of May 9 guide our path to victory. Negara kita, tanggungjawab kita.

Ambiga Sreenevesan, Please Explain

MM Online - Ambiga: Growing support for Najib ‘very worrying’, wouldn’t happen in other countries (extracts):

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Lawyer Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan said former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s efforts to remain politically relevant have been impressive but the fact that he is gaining traction is “very worrying”.

In a recent interview with the Malay Mail, the former Malaysian Bar president and human rights advocate said what Najib was trying to achieve, given the number of criminal charges he faces, would probably be unheard of in other countries.

Asked if she felt that Najib can get back into the game, Ambiga replied: “Absolutely, he has the right to do whatever he’s doing now but the very fact he’s gaining traction is very worrying.

“Because I’m not sure if he was in any other country, he could have done this when you have been charged with so many serious offences.” [...]

He has also been active in meeting grassroots leaders, rural communities and the general public to hear their grouses. 

Ambiga said these antics, coupled with his efforts to meet the people, is something Pakatan Harapan lawmakers can learn from Najib. [...]

Najib with S. Sukumaran Sanmugam & family

Read more at WOB: https://www.worldofbuzz.com/najib-visits-car-wash-uncle-and-gives-small-contribution-shares-experience-on-fb/

Ambiga also pointed out that Najib has the right to do whatever he is doing now.

“Of course he is innocent until proven guilty but nevertheless, I think it’s time for the government to understand what the people really want from them.

“I feel sometimes there is no clarity as to what the people on the ground need. And I think it’s time for them to go back to the ground,” she said.

Ambiga Sreenevasan is one of the very few national leaders I have respect for and confidence in. I also see her as a "neutral", being politically non-aligned for years when she was BERSIH's boss and even subsequently. And when she declined Pakatan's offer to stand as one of the new coalition's federal candidate in GE14, she confirmed my opinion of this wonderful lady as a "neutral".

In many ways, her "neutrality" is good because she can then speak on national issues with the assurance of the Malaysian public giving weight to her opinions, views and advice.

We certainly need such "neutral" national figures given our deep distrust or at best, grudging or qualified acceptance of national leaders such as Mahathir, Daim Zainuddin, Anwar Ibrahim, Najib Razak, Hishamuddin Hussein, Azmin Ali, Hadi Awang, Lim KS, Lim GE, Ahmad Zahid, etc.

can't trust any one of them 

Who else then are we to believe in on matters political?

The rest like Wan Azizah, Mukhriz, Nurul, etc are only political jokes or at best, harmless lightweights.

But when Ambiga said: “Absolutely, he has the right to do whatever he’s doing now but the very fact he’s gaining traction is very worrying I am sad to say she might have (unusually) shown her prejudice, no matter how mild or slight that is, even as she, in the same breath, acknowledged that Najib Razak, facing numerous charges, is innocent until proven guilty in court through due process.

wakakaka, poster IMMEDIATELY above for Najib 

What worries me even more is her statement as follows:

“Of course he [meaning Najib Razak] is innocent until proven guilty but nevertheless, I think it’s time for the government to understand what the people really want from them.

“I feel sometimes there is no clarity as to what the people on the ground need. And I think it’s time for them to go back to the ground”

What did she mean when she said I think it’s time for the government to understand what the people really want from them?

Four men were lynched in downtown Ada, Oklahoma, in 1909 by a mob of local citizens

People speculated about who carried out the lynching, and Oklahoma's governor ordered authorities to conduct a vigorous investigation. But no one was prosecuted — or even arrested — in connection with the case.

Herman Kirkwood, president of the Oklahoma Outlaws Lawmen History Association, who has self-published a book about the case, said he believes Allen, Burrell, Miller and West were innocent because they were not convicted of killing Bobbitt.

"You're still innocent until you get convicted in a court of law," he said. "So then, none of them got to go to court. So wouldn't you have to say that those four men were innocent? I would, and I'm a retired lawman."

Was she implying the people want Najib in prison, hence that should be expeditiously done (regardless), to satisfy the mob's cry for blood?

As for her second paragraph above, to wit, “I feel sometimes there is no clarity as to what the people on the ground need. And I think it’s time for them to go back to the ground” I can interpret in in so many ways. So Ambiga, there is also NO clarity in what you have just said.

But at face value, didn't that also contradict what she has just said earlier, to wit, I think it’s time for the government to understand what the people really want from them.

As the infamous Pauline Hanson (an ultra conservative politician) in Australia has been so fond of saying, "Please explain" to us.