Why Azmin must die

Azmin has already demonstrated he is not too happy with Pakatan Harapan’s choice of interim Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. So, he needs to be controlled. And if he cannot be controlled he needs to be taken out. And that was the reason for last week’s ‘revelations’ regarding Azmin’s scandals. And who has the most to lose with Azmin’s dissension? That is the door the path will lead to.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Last week, two ‘exclusive’ articles regarding Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali’s scandals ‘exploded’.

Dari Halal Ke Haram: Skandal Azmin Ali Bersama Wartawan Rakyat Post Qurnisha Hamka Dan Lain Lagi

Asalkan Bukan Shamsidar: 7 Wanita Gelap Azmin Ali

These are actually old stories and many people are already aware of them. So why were these stories suddenly resurrected and published two days apart? And is it a coincidence that they were published around the time Azmin made snide remarks regarding Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s nomination as Pakatan Harapan’s interim Prime Minister and Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail as his Deputy Prime Minister?

Those who personally know Azmin and who are familiar with his style will know that his ‘endorsement’ of Mahathir as the only person qualified to become Pakatan Harapan’s Prime Minister plus the offer for Mahathir to contest the Gombak parliament seat is what the Malays would call menganjing. And Mahathir, of all people, the ‘King of Menganjing’, knows a good menganjing when he sees one.

Azmin is far more a politician than Mahathir thinks

So, is this a warning shot at Azmin to behave and if he does not then more scandals will be exposed after this? And was this warning shot from Mahathir and/or his boys?

Mahathir’s fingerprints are all over the place. After all, Mahathir has done this before in 1998 when he got Khairuddin Abu Hassan to come out with the ’50 Dalil’ book that eventually brought Anwar down. Mahathir also got Khairuddin to lodge a police report against 1MDB in December 2014, and to go to the US to meet the DoJ. And now he got Khairuddin to attack Azmin. This is definitely vintage Mahathir and his way of doing things.

The problem is one should not use the same strategy so many times. It is silly to apply the same strategy against Azmin that was used 20 years ago against Anwar, and in 2014 against Najib. Because of that it hardly took a week to find out who is behind this attack on Azmin and the reason for the attack.

There is no way Azmin will play second-fiddle to a failure and weakling like Boboi

The issue is simple. Azmin has proven to be a threat to Mukhriz Mahathir just like Khairy Jamaluddin once was. Azmin cannot accept Mahathir as the interim Prime Minister because that would mean an opening for Mukhriz to take over would be there. So, Mahathir has to be blocked to be able to block Mukhriz.

In an open contest between Mukhriz and Khairy, Mukhriz lost, more than once, even with Mahathir’s backing. In an open contest between Mukhriz and Azmin, Mukhriz will be massacred. Azmin is a far sharper cookie than Khairy by far. And Azmin is more brutal and fearless than Khairy, having faced jail many times.

Azmin very cleverly got himself appointed the Selangor Menteri Besar even though his own party, DAP, and many in PAS who are now in PAN, did not want him. In spite of so many ‘roadblocks’, this did not stop Azmin from taking the Selangor Menteri Besar’s post. And he did not even need to get his hands dirty in Khalid Ibrahim’s assassination. He let his enemies such as Saifuddin Nasution do that.

Mukhriz is no match for Azmin who won the party deputy presidency and became the Selangor MB in spite of all the ‘roadblocks’

Azmin won the party Deputy Presidency even though Anwar, Wan Azizah and Nurul Izzah tried to block him from winning. Azmin went against the entire Anwar clan and won while showing a sweet smile on his face. Mukhriz, on the other hand, has been a failure all the way in spite of his father trying to push him up the ladder.

So, Azmin is poison to Mukhriz and needs to be removed from the equation now since he has openly shown his dissent to Mahathir, and hence to Mukhriz as well. And that is the reason for those two ‘revelations’ above. If Azmin had shown he has no problems with Mukhriz then Mahathir would have spared him. As it is now Azmin has to die.

In short, Azmin has already demonstrated he is not too happy with Pakatan Harapan’s choice of interim Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. So, he needs to be controlled. And if he cannot be controlled he needs to be taken out. And that was the reason for last week’s ‘revelations’ regarding Azmin’s scandals. And who has the most to lose with Azmin’s dissension? That is the door the path will lead to.