UMNO’s tempting taunt for PKR

By admin-s On Jul 29, 2016

Wow, PKR gets to choose one of its own to be the new CM of Penang. How tempting!

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Malaysiakini – Form coalition gov’t in Penang with BN, Umno leader dares PKR

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As political battlelines continue to be redrawn in Malaysia, with allies turning into foes and vice-versa, an Umno leader has added another twist.

Sharkar Shamsudin asked if PKR dared to oppose DAP’s decision to hold a snap election in Penang, and join hands with BN to form a unity government in the state.

Sharkar, an Umno supreme council member, said if PKR prioritised the future and interests of the people, then it would remain steadfast in rejecting the snap election.

“Politics is about opportunities… Tun Mahathir (former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad) himself once said, ‘There are no permanent friends or enemies in politics’.

“Hence it is not impossible for PKR to work with BN to safeguard the interests of the people in Penang,” he told Umno Online.

According to Sharkar, PKR could have the chief minister post while a candidate from BN would be deputy chief minister in a coalition government.

Wow, PKR gets to choose one of its own to be the new CM of Penang. How tempting!

And do you know something? It’s very doable but just only.

The current ADUN numbers are:

DAP – 19

PKR – 10

UMNO – 10

PAS – 1

Thus PKR + UMNO + PAS = 21, a jolly majority with the constitutional rights to form the next state government of Penang.

If any PKR member is worried that the Chinese PKR Adun in Penang may not play ball, please recall, back last year in November, 4 Chinese PKR Adun abstained from voting against the UMNO proposal to stop the reclamation project.