Will it be Wan Azizah or Azmin? (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
This is actually no longer about Khalid, who is prepared to leave. It is now about whether it should be Wan Azizah or Azmin who succeeds him. And although Anwar wants it to be Wan Azizah, that is not what the others in the party want.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
While all this brouhaha regarding the Selangor Menteri Besar is blazing, Azmin Ali is silently working behind the scenes to strengthen his position. The current ‘hot discussion’ in PKR is not whether His Royal Highness the Sultan will consent to Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as the replacement to Khalid Ibrahim but whether HRH would prefer Azmin instead.
And yesterday’s so-called ‘revelation’ by Selangor PAS Youth Chief, Suhaizan Kayat, that the idea to propose Azmin’s name came from His Royal Highness the Sultan of Selangor is fueling this discussion and is being presented as ‘evidence’ that HRH wants Azmin and not Wan Azizah. (I wonder how much Azmin paid him).
Azmin is talking to various Pakatan Rakyat leaders to get their support in his bid for the Selangor Menteri Besar’s post. He is telling them that, while Wan Azizah will be a puppet MB to Anwar Ibrahim, he, on the other hand, is going to be an independent MB who will not be under Anwar’s thumb.
And that, says Azmin’s boys, is what the palace wants to hear.
Khalid can actually stay on as MB if he crosses over and joins PAS. He will never join Umno even if his life depends on it. But he also does not want to join PAS because he first wants to clear his name of all those misconduct and corruption allegations made against him.
On this score Khalid is being a bit too idealistic because allegations are just that, allegations, which do not tantamount to evidence. The fact that SELCAT did not haul him up for a hearing is proof that they have nothing against him.
Nevertheless, Khalid has lodged a report with the MACC and invited them over to the Selangor State Secretariat building where he will open up all the files for them to investigate. This move may actually hurt Pakatan Rakyat because while they might find nothing against Khalid they are definitely going to find something against certain EXCO members, even some of those no longer around.
Maybe Khalid not only wants MACC to prove him innocent but also to prove others guilty as well. If this happens, it would be impossible for Pakatan Rakyat not to fall when the Selangorgate scandal explodes.
Azmin’s campaign team is telling those they are lobbying that Wan Azizah was not only born in Singapore but was also a Singapore citizen. No doubt those born in Singapore before 1957 — and Wan Azizah was born in 1952 — are automatically Malaysian citizens. However, when Singapore separated from Malaysia you were asked to choose between Malaysian and Singaporean citizenship and Wan Azizah’s family chose Singaporean citizenship, they allege.
If this is true, as Azmin’s boys say, then Wan Azizah is a naturalised Malaysian citizen and under Article 53(3) of the Selangor state constitution Wan Azizah would be disqualified from being the MB.
Azmin’s boys are also saying that HRH will not accept any letter from Pakatan Rakyat because there is no such legal entity. In fact, the letters issued under the Pakatan Rakyat letterhead are signed by Anwar Ibrahim as de facto PKR leader and not as Chairman or President of Pakatan Rakyat.
Hence, says Azmin’s boys, PKR, DAP and PAS will each have to submit individual letters, three letters in all, and while PKR’s and DAP’s letters will propose only one name, PAS’ letter will state two names, his included.
This will allow HRH two choices and if Wan Azizah is not qualified then HRH always has Azmin to fall back on. Hence the Selangor MB Crisis will be settled on 28th August 2013, just in time to celebrate Merdeka a few days later.
If it becomes a contest between Wan Azizah and Azmin for sure Azmin will win. He has more support from the grassroots. Many PKR leaders are very pissed with Anwar and by extension with Wan Azizah as well.
During the PKR meeting to decide this matter, a number of leaders wanted two names proposed but it is said that Anwar slammed the table and shouted that only Wan Azizah’s name be proposed.
PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang’s absence from the Pakatan Rakyat council meeting was no coincidence but was actually a snub. Hadi can no longer tolerate Anwar. And since Anwar stole two of PAS’ state assemblymen, Hadi feels it is not wrong for Khalid to join PAS.
This is actually no longer about Khalid, who is prepared to leave. It is now about whether it should be Wan Azizah or Azmin who succeeds him. And although Anwar wants it to be Wan Azizah, that is not what the others in the party want.
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这已不再是有关那位准备下台的卡立。现在关系到的是应该由旺阿兹莎还是阿兹敏继任卡立。就算安华要旺阿兹莎，不代表这是其他党员想要的。
原者：Raja Petra Kamarudin
Translated by: Ngew Kok Yew
正当有关州务大臣的课题被炒得人声鼎沸，阿兹敏（Azmin Ali）在幕后暗地里加强着自身的地位。现在民联的“议题”不是再苏丹殿下会否御准旺阿兹莎（Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail）取代卡立（Khalid Ibrahim），而是殿下更加中意阿兹敏。
昨天，回教党的雪兰莪青年主席，苏海占（Suhaizan Kayat）所揭露有关推荐阿兹敏的意思来自苏丹殿下的“劲爆”已经激起讨论和将会被当成苏丹殿下要阿兹敏而不要旺阿兹莎的“证据”（我很好奇阿兹敏到底付给他多少钱）。
阿兹敏已经和不同的公正党领袖会面，要求他们在他争取雪兰莪州务大臣上给予支持。他说旺阿兹莎将会是安华（Anwar Ibrahim）的傀儡，而他会是一个不受安华控制的独立州务大臣。
而这，据阿兹敏的人马所说，是宫殿想要听到的。
卡立基本上仍可以继续担任州务大臣如果他加入回教党。他永远也不会加入巫统，就算他的生命必须依靠巫统。可是他也不想加入回教党因为首先，他想厘清一切有关他的误导性的指控。
在这方面，卡立有点太过理想因为讲明是指控嘛，指控不代表拥有证据。有关SELCAT没有传讯他出庭受审就是一个他们没有任何证据的证明。
尽管如此，卡立已经申述一份报告给MACC和邀请该单位到雪兰莪事务局的大厦，而他将会摊开所有的资料供作调查。这一步可能会伤害到民联因为当他们最后可能发现无法对付卡立的同时，却也有可能发现一些能够对付州行政议员——就算一些已经不再任内——的资料。
卡立可能是想证明自己的清白同时也能够证明其他人的罪状。如果这真的发生了，那民联无可避免地将会陷入满是丑闻的雪兰莪水门事件。
阿兹敏的团体游说别人说旺阿兹莎不止是出生于新加坡，而且还曾是个新加坡人。没错，那些在1957年前于新加坡出世的人——而旺阿兹莎于1952年出世——可以自动成为马来西亚公民。然而，当新加坡脱离马来西亚时，你被询问到底要成为新加坡或是马来西亚的公民，他们指控说当时旺阿兹莎的家人就选择了新加坡。
如果该说法属实，阿兹敏的部下说，旺阿兹莎是入籍的马来西亚公民，根据雪兰莪州宪法的第53（3）条文，她没有资格担任州务大臣。
阿兹敏的部下同时声称殿下不会接收来自民联的信件因为它根本不是一个合法注册的个体。事实上，以民联名义寄去的信件都由安华以“实权领袖”而不是民联主席的名义签名。
因此，阿兹敏的部下作出一下总结，公正党、行动党和回教党必须各自交出一封信件，三封一起寄出，而在公正党和行动党只提议一个名额的同时，回教党将会提出两个名额。
这让殿下有两个选择，而如果旺阿兹莎真的没有资格，那么殿下仍可以转向阿兹敏。如此，雪兰莪危机将会在2014年8月28日解决，刚好来得及庆祝过几天的国庆日。
如果这成为旺阿兹莎和阿兹敏的竞争，那么阿兹敏势必会胜出。他拥有更多来自基层的支持。很多的公正党领袖非常不满安华，所衍生的也包括旺阿兹莎。
在民联召开会议讨论有关事宜时，部分的领导要求提议两民人选但是听说安华猛拍桌子和呼喊说唯有旺阿兹莎被提名。
回教党主席哈迪阿旺（Hadi Awang）缺席民联会议并不是个巧合而是个冷落。哈迪无法再容忍安华。既然安华已偷走两名回教党的州议员，哈迪认为卡立加入回教党没有什么不妥。
这已不再是有关那位准备下台的卡立。现在关系到的是应该由旺阿兹莎还是阿兹敏继任卡立。就算安华要旺阿兹莎，不代表这是其他党员想要的。
