Who is Nizar Jamaluddin, the winning factor for the PR
Written by Ali Cordoba, World Futures
High Court Justice Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim ruled on Monday that the Pakatan Rakyat Chief Minister Nizar Jamaluddin was still the rightful ruler despite being sacked by the state's sultan.
Malaysia Watch: Nizar the decisive winner for the Opposition
In him the Party Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) has found a unification factor, a type of politicians who exists only in countries that are booming with a rising democratic culture. The populist figure of Nizar Jamaluddin spells trouble for the Barisan National (BN) and is bound to span a positive image of the PAS and the PR further, says analysts.
“We are a day before the remembrances of the events that led to the May 13 riots in both Singapore and Malaysia, and there we have a Malay-Muslim political leader from the PAS who is dominating the political landscape from the state of Perak,” said MIS.
“Nizar can become a national figure in no time though it is difficult to see him hold a very top post within the PAS for the moment,” added the seasoned analyst.
"Malaysia need more people, politicians like Nizar. People who can cement the race differences not by new policies but by the inner understanding of all the races needs altogether," he said.
“At this moment his political capital is higher than any other political figures in the BN and he has taken over the popularity mantle from many of the PR politicians too. He has the winning smile, the style and the attitude of a true national political figure,” he added.
This is what has given the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) a very good chance of reclaiming the state in fresh new polls that should be held anytime soon after the probable dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) of Perak.
It is also his aura, his simple yet fantastic run of victories against the BN from March 2008 to the recent Parliamentary elections in Bukit Gantang which he won upper handed and now the court ruling that restored his rightful place as Menteri Besar of Perak, said other observers to WFOLtv.
The AFP, French News Agency, reported that Husam Musa, vice-president of the PAS said he hoped the Perak sultan would now give his consent for new polls.
