A hitman from Sungai Buloh by courtesy of its VIP occupant
Umar Mukhtar
The word from Sungai Buloh is to rein in PKR’s Selangor Menteri Besar who’s getting too big for his boots. The problem is there’s no one available in the leadership hierarchy to do that without confirming to the public that there’s a split in PKR.
That’s when Badrul Hisham Shaharin or Chegubard come in handy. He had been called up for a disciplinary hearing for making statements against the party and is now operating through his NGO, Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia like a loose cannon. The order is to drag his hearing to a much later date and meanwhile get him to attack Azmin. So Chegubard obliged in return whatever that’s tangible. PKR has endured worse allegations like dirty party polls, etc.
Just feed Chegubard with mud about Azmin’s administration of Selangor and Chegubard will sling it at Azmin’s face. But isn’t that kind of self-defeating like cutting your nose to spite your face for PKR? Maybe, but the wishes of the Ketum King is paramount. He feels helpless now that Azmin has changed allegiance to his old boss in the current crisis. The ‘cincang air tak kan putus’ confession speech by Azmin had cut very deep indeed. Especially from jail.
Party president cum wife Dr Wan Azizah Ismail had conveniently skipped the function but she got carried away by also missing the Citizens’ Declaration, which is Anwar’s best imaginary chance at freedom for the moment. Azmin went on her behalf and ended up grabbing Muhyiddin Yassin’s chair next to Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and refusing to move when told to. As penance, Azmin had to bankroll massive billboards asking for Anwar’s release.
In retaliation, someone has already prepared a billboard with a full picture of a man wearing a towel, purportedly advertising the brand name of the made in China towel and looking uncannily like Anwar. Anwar has publicly denied before that it was him — so he has no locus standi to protest. Would Chegubard put that billboard up against Anwar? You mean Chegubard has two masters?
Aha! Azmin may need tips from Chegubard then. Azmin is currently sick of being married to two wives who hate each other’s guts but Azmin needs both of them. Soon they will push the envelope at seat-allocation time and the effect could be that Azmin may not be MB after PRU14! That’s what you get when needing others’ goodwill to win.
On the other hand, the UMNO dissidents led by Mahathir might offer Azmin the prime ministership on his godfather’s orders if Mahathir’s scheming ways against Prime Minister Najib Razak do succeed. Hence Azmin’s musical chair gambit with Muhyiddin may be a sign of things to come.
In his dreams, as PM Azmin can wrangle a royal pardon for Anwar to soften matters. Will PKR be Azmin’s vehicle? That’s the least of his problems once he is anointed. MPs will gravitate to him. One thing for sure, Azmin’s rise will mark the irrelevance of the House of Anwar Ibrahim. If Anwar as much as whimpers in protest, he will be stuck in Sungai Buloh with years of ban from politics.
So, in order to avoid this, the word was sent out. Chegubard is one of the weapons to slow down Azmin. That’s like sending a Terrier to bark shrilly at a German Sheppard. But that’s the maximum of what you can do from behind bars. With a wife that’s only good at playing victim, Anwar’s fate is as good as sealed. Azmin does have two masters, and one of them he can do without.
