Pakatan lost Semenyih due to complacent, arrogant & unprepared ministers

FMT - The great Pakatan Harapan denial by Mariam Mokhtar

images below were of my selection (not Sweetie Mariam Mokhtar's, wakakaka)

There is no need for Pakatan Harapan (PH) ministers, political analysts and think tanks to waste sleep or good money on detailed analyses of the Semenyih by-election defeat.

The people dished out free advice over several months, but the ministers did not listen. Some were cocky and many were inaccessible. Like the former Umno/Barisan Nasional (BN) ministers who lost in GE14, PH ministers appear to have copied the art of staying safely in their ivory towers.

They appear to be still drunk on their victory in GE14. They were arrogant and complacent and probably thought that they could pull off another win without working hard as a team.

The signs of PH’s slide into the gutter were there for all to see, even from last May. Take, for example, Perak. PPBM won the fewest seats there but its candidate was still installed as menteri besar. He had little experience and his only quality appeared to be jumping to the defence of his former peers in Umno.

anak buah Limpeh 

aku seorang anak buah Maha-Limpeh 

In Putrajaya, meanwhile, people who can’t even make a decent cup of tea were elevated to ministerial positions and tasked with making major policy decisions.

In recent weeks, hills around the Ipoh town centre have been denuded of trees and vegetation. Further afield, timber concessions were awarded to companies without an open tender – in other words, the new menteri besar is apparently continuing the Umno-BN style of management.

anak buah Parti Pribumi (adakah berbeza dari UMNO?)

only 1 Pribumi candidate (Azumu) won in Perak, yet that Pribumi person becomes the MB

DAP has been dumb silent since


On the granting of timber concession to a RM2 company, Azumu even had the brazen nerve to criticise Dr Aziz Bari (DAP) for possibly not having experience on how the state government approves timber concessions, implying that Azumu himself of course has.

Azumu boasted to reporters, “However, I have explained about this matter in the exco meeting and I believe they are clear over the procedure now.”

However Aziz Bari who is Perak Education, Science, Environment, Green Technology and Information Committee chairman retorted that contrary to what the MB said, the state exco did NOT discuss logging activity near the Orang Asli settlement in Kampung Tasik Cunex, Gerik.

What kind of MB is Azumu to tok-kok?

meanwhile, FMT reported:

The Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) has denied that it is cooperating with the company involved in the forest plantation project at the Kledang Saiong and Bukit Kinta forest reserves in Perak.

Its chairman, Wong Tack, said the use of permits for the 400ha forest plantation project at the two forest reserves was approved on Dec 14, 2018, and given to a company under the authority of the Perak Forestry Department and not MTIB or its subsidiary, Forest Plantation Sdn Bhd (FPDSB).

“The management of the company has no links with MTIB, had never been in contact with MTIB, and had no intentions to cooperate on the Forest Plantation Project under the Forest Plantation Development Programme managed by FPDSB,” he said in a statement today.

He was responding to Perak Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu’s statement on the board’s involvement in the project during a media briefing on Feb 12.

that's Pribumi's Azumu and his story-telling

The Perak administration decided that Muslim men could be fast-tracked into polygamous marriages. Orang Asli rights were swept aside. Uncollected rubbish along the roads appeared to mirror the state of the Perak administration.

The PH election machinery failed to show teamwork, failed to take advantage of social media, failed to show that its ministers care, failed to address bread-and-butter issues, and – worst of all – failed to capture the hearts and minds of the voters.

Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman told Malaysians that rushing through reforms would ensure a PH loss in GE15 – ironic, given the Semenyih loss just a week later.

Prime minister-in-waiting, Anwar Ibrahim, said the defeat gave PH an idea of the people’s sentiments, especially those of the Malays. He said, “We must take these into consideration and carry out our duty well. PH should represent the sentiments, needs and aspirations of all the races in Malaysia.”

He appears muddled – why is he contradicting himself?

Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, meanwhile, said the issues in Semenyih need time for in-depth analysis. She said, “We have a democratic system. We have choices and we want the people to know we do our best for them.”

What have they been doing all this time? Few of the changes promised at GE14 have been implemented. How much in-depth thinking is needed, for instance, to ban child marriages and reform the shariah system of justice?

Wan Azizah's utter failure & uselessness 

Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali has touted the Malay agenda line, as has Minister for Islamic Affairs Mujahid Rawa. They seem unaware that they cannot flog a dead donkey forever. Affirmative action policies have been around for five decades. They have only benefitted the elite Malays and should be scrapped.

hmmm, the loss of Semenyih tells us we don't have to be apologetic if we Melayu become MORE racist

Many Malays realise that a lack of competition and meritocracy has left them weakened. An emphasis on religion is pointless and hypocritical if religious leaders themselves admit to lying about accepting money taken from the taxpayers.

The day after the Semenyih defeat, the ministers showed us their lack of vision, imagination and clarity of mind and purpose. They simply repeated the Umno-PAS party line of restoring “the Malay agenda”.

Umno acting president Mohamad Hasan credited former prime minister Najib Razak for BN’s win, but he is wrong. The PH defeat was entirely the fault of its ministers, who were complacent, arrogant and unprepared.