Malaysian Old Man of the Sea

Some in Pakatan Harapan, especially from racist party Pribumi wakakaka, want Mahathir as their PM-designate.

But many component parties in the coalition including DAP have maintained that their choice would still be Anwar Ibrahim, thus relegating Mahathir to the position of an interim PM-designate, though one wonders whether there is such a creature in Westminster parliamentary democracy?

And now, some in PKR Youth have also proposed Azmin Ali.

Naturally no Chinese nor Indian (save one wakakaka) will or can ever be proposed.

But, assuming Pakatan wins in GE14, there will be three obstacles to such a bizarre arrangement of Mahathir as interim PM-designate, as follows:

Obstacle 1 - I have already spoken of Mahathir reneging on Pakatan, where after Pakatan wins majority rule in GE14, he takes his Pribumi party out of Pakatan to form a new coalition with remnants of loser UMNO. For more, see Mahathir's legacy - a Greater Pribumi?.

Mahathir's Greater Pribumi

'VS' stands for 'Very Syiok', wakakaka

His new coalition if with sufficient numbers in federal parliament (after recruiting parts of PKR and Amanah and even whoever wants to join his Greater Pribumi Bloc) will rule Malaysia for at least 5 years until he can coach his son Mukhriz into the PM chair.

That option is of course conditional on his ability to acquire at least 112 federal MPs, minus of course his much hated DAP.

Obstacle 2 - As PM he refuses to work towards the early release of Anwar Ibrahim, and is able to secure enough backing to support his wish to see Anwar serve the latter's full term of imprisonment. It's already known he hates Anwar with a vengeance since 1989.

Obstacle 3 - Anwar Ibrahim is released early by the Pakatan government but by law is still unable to stand in a by-election (PKR's speciality, wakakaka) for 5 years from his release, UNLESS he is pardoned by the Agong from that legal restriction.

What will Pakatan do if Mahathir refuses to appeal to the Agong? Sack him as PM?

What will Pakatan do if the Agong refuses to grant Anwar Ibrahim the pardon? Sack the Agong?

Thus if Pakatan wins, we may see Mahathir stays on as PM until 2023 when by then he can arrange for his son to become PM.

Mahathir's age alone won't be an impediment as he is likely to live until at least 108 (the 'Ong' age, wakakaka), which I believe he most probably will as his family enjoys the longevity genes wakakaka.

As for him being an 'interim' PM, forget about that silliness as Mahathir is an 'Old man of the Sea', who once in a desired position will never alight from Malaysia's shoulders, wakakaka.

According to The Thousand and One Nights, Sindbad … came upon an old man sitting by the side of a stream. The Old Man did not speak, but with gestures indicated that he wanted to be carried across the stream.

To oblige him, Sindbad put the old man on his shoulders, and waded across to the opposite bank. But when he stooped down to allow the old man to dismount his passenger refused, and suddenly tightened his legs around Sindbad’s neck until Sindbad nearly fainted.

Looking down at his rider’s legs, Sindbad was appalled to see that they were the legs of a brute, covered in rough black skin. The unnatural creature now beat upon Sindbad’s head and back as if he were a beast of burden, and forced him to walk through the forest … Whenever Sindbad tried to rest or escape his tormentor, the creature kicked and choked him into obedience. 

With Mahathir back in power, Malaysia's future will be like that of Sindbad burdened horrendously with an 'Old man of the Sea'.

There may be a possibility we could see the resurrections of Mahathir's crooked bridge (the manifestation of his invincible grudge against the lil' red-dot), re-acquisition of his much loved Proton, maybe even the electrical undersea cable from Sarawak, and all the familiar horrors of his previous 22-year reign.