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A CHAIN IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS WEAKEST LINK - written by A. Arthur
Democracy is retrograding fast in Malaysia under the current PM, where finally he has administered the coup de grace on taking back power in the Silver State. But this is not a genuine victory where the victors are lauded for their bravery, honesty and moral courage and the victory does not only belongs to the victors per se but to the rakyat and to the State.
This is a hollow victory where some resort to all sorts of chicanery, cloak and dagger side shows, political horse trading and alleged immoral means of deflection.
Now all these are water under the bridge. Nizar has to bite the bullet and move on with his troops so that he lives to fight another day.
But if we are to look at it objectively, it may be a blessing in disguise to lose this battle.
Firstly, most of us would have gathered from the ominous political clouds that have been playing out for the past few months that this was a foregone conclusion.
If Nizar wins, he will have an uphill battle to fend off marauding and ferocious attacks by BN agent provocateurs or the power themselves in the administering of the State. Just look at the MB of Selangor or the CM of Penang and the various racial, political and social upheavals that happened over the last 10 months. It does not take a rocket scientist to deduce who are manipulating all these destabilizing and debilitating events that rupture the peace and harmony of the State.
Nizar may have to watch his back, guard his flanks and protect his front patch carefully but he has got a job to do and that means he must stick his neck out. He may trip and fall hard over the next two years if some catastrophic events, engineer or otherwise, will to happen and PR handles it badly. BN will make a big banquet meal out of it and PR will perhaps lose precious votes and Assembly Seats in the next GE.
PR is still nascent and inexperience in the whole gamut in the administration of the state as well as to play politics with the Federal Government. A number of ADUNs are still wet behind their ears having being elected in the last election not because of their track record of serving the rakyat but more so to spite BN by the rakyat. Moreover, Nizar has incurred the wrath of the Sultan and it will make his administration untenable without the tacit and the wholehearted support of the Silver Sultanate.
Now, Nizar, go and do a peaceful and tactical retreat.
Brainstorm with your troops, without any blamestorming, on your next battle and war plan.
See the bigger picture. Understand the nature of the forest as well as the terrain of the trees, shrubs and the geological outlay.
Go and weed out the would-be greedy and incompetent ADUNs who may be thinking of becoming a frog for many benefits.
Ensure your troops are squeaky clean.
Tell them to serve the rakyat.
Ingrain in them a spirit of esprit de corps among the different ADUN members of the coalition and engage the rakyat in whatever your team plans to do.
Remember that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
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Thanks, Arthur, for this beautiful and awesome comment. Please leave a comment if you wish to share your thoughts. Thanks, dear reader. Have a lovely day!
A Arthur Thanks to people like you, MWS, who devoted so much time and effort to write your blog.
And keep reminding the people who has not registered to go and cast forth their vote.
A good day to you and all your fervent readers.