Daim Zainuddin’s last tango in Langkawi
Daim needs the opposition pact to win GE14 so that he can be safe. But Daim might just be helping his own executioner get into power instead. He thinks if the opposition comes to power he is well-protected. But then it might just be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire. Anwar and Wan Azizah have a score to settle with Daim and if the opposition pact wins GE14 that may be the day of reckoning for the man who was Mahathir’s ‘brains’.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Tun Daim Zainuddin has come out of retirement to help Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad win in Langkawi and to help ensure that the opposition pact gets to form the next government on the morning of 10th May 2018.
Daim shares Mahathir’s view that they cannot afford to lose GE14 because they have too much at stake. For one is the Mahathir political dynasty and Mukhriz’s future as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. More important is the fact that Daim’s and Mahathir’s sins are beginning to catch up on them and Daim knows he is going to continue to be haunted by them long after Mahathir has left this world.
Daim was the brains and hidden hand behind Mahathir’s plundering of RM200 billion of Malaysia’s wealth
But the problem is Lim Kit Siang, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Anwar Ibrahim do not trust Daim. While everyone knows the sins and crimes that Mahathir committed, not many know about Daim’s role in the whole thing.
Daim was very much behind the RM31.5 billion Bank Negara forex scandal even though his hands were hidden. Daim was also behind the MAS disaster. Daim was the mastermind of the DRB-Hicom reverse takeover. And many more.
In short, while Mahathir is being accused of many transgressions and financial disasters, it was Daim who was the brains behind all these exercises.
Mahathir, Anwar and Daim were all in the same team of plundering Malaysia’s wealth until Anwar decided to makan his two partners and got makan instead
And it was Daim, as well, who saw Anwar as a threat and planned his downfall. In fact, Daim ‘advised’ Anwar to resign or else he would not only be ousted but he would be buried as well. And when Anwar did not meet the 6.00pm deadline set by Daim, at 8.00pm Mahathir announced that Anwar had been sacked and the reason for the sacking.
Today, Daim is trying to help the opposition pact march into Putrajaya. But he is doing this not because he is seeking reforms or wants to ‘save Malaysia’. It is for purely self-preservation purposes because, if they fail to oust Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Umno, then Daim cannot bring his RM60 billion home to Malaysia.
While Mahathir’s RM100 billion is stuck under proxies, trustees and cronies, Daim’s RM60 billion is stuck outside the country. So, they need to change the government and be in charge of that new government for all that money to be ‘freed’.
Anwar and Wan Azizah know that Daim is the brains behind the September 1998 counter-coup
But Anwar and Wan Azizah know that Daim was the hantu behind the September 1998 episode that saw Anwar being sent to jail and saw the birth of the Reformasi movement, Parti Keadilan, and Barisan Alternatif. And the husband and wife have never forgotten this.
Daim not only brought Anwar down, he also destroyed all Anwar’s cronies and proxies and grabbed everything they own. Daim was like a pirate from the Caribbean who robbed, raped and plundered everything in sight. And no businessman who was aligned to Anwar survived Daim’s onslaught.
Daim needs the opposition pact to win GE14 so that he can be safe. But Daim might just be helping his own executioner get into power instead. He thinks if the opposition comes to power he is well-protected. But then it might just be a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire. Anwar and Wan Azizah have a score to settle with Daim and if the opposition pact wins GE14 that may be the day of reckoning for the man who was Mahathir’s ‘brains’.
