By Shannon Teoh
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 – Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim appeared to stop short today of saying his Pakatan Rakyat (PR) alliance will have to wait until the next general election to make a serious bid for power.
He told reporters that he would not explain why the PR alliance has not yet taken power at this weekend’s PKR party congress.
“There is nothing to explain. It will happen,” Anwar said in Parliament. He did not set another deadline.
His self-imposed deadline of Sept 16 for PR to topple the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government passed without incident and his credibility has taken a knock, while the opposition’s momentum has stalled, since then.
Increasingly, Malaysians are focused on economic worries and many are turning away from an almost obsessive fixation with politics since the March 8 elections.
Anwar had been widely expected to address this point at this weekend’s PKR congress, but he looks to be trying to put Sept 16 behind him.
He said today that it did not matter when the PR alliance takes over the government.
The widely held view that Datuk Seri Najib Razak will take power as prime minister next March under an Umno transition plan hammered out with Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi was also premature, Anwar said.
“What makes you so sure?” he asked reporters.
According to Anwar, his message to party delegates this weekend will include a call for them to continue to be committed and to concentrate on ruling well the five states under PR control.
He said PKR had also recently started a nationwide campaign to hold ceramahs to communicate with the Malay ground across the country in an attempt to make headway into the hearts and minds of the community.
The opposition ranks continue to enjoy good support among non-Malays but rural Malays continue to harbour distrust of the PR coalition.
He said this move was necessary as the mainstream media, especially the Malay media, continues to sideline the coalition to propogate the Barisan Nasional agenda.
Many of us still waiting…it has to be happen or else many people will be very disappointed, and opposition will surely lost “early” confident even before they are able to form government.
Dear DSAI,
It is not on or before Hari Raya Korban?? We have been tired waiting for the new PM for 50 years. I really hope the Sky will change before UMNO got new President in March 2009.
Well, everybody was expecting a miracle.. but PKR didn’t manage to pull one off.. it is really sad to see the people continue to blindly support BN where by overthrowing BN we instead might have seen a more healthier political atmosphere.
DSAI,
PR , BN macam sama aje ..belum dapat macam-macam janji, dah dapat kerusi dok diam diam aje ke?
Tak habih habih pemuhung aih takan nk tunggu febuary 31 2009 baru nk jadi PM,tak larat dateline dah
SAY WHATEVER U LIKE.’RAHMAN’and the aphabert ‘N’ will completes and ends it.Happy waiting and commitment to see that happened!!
salam DSAI,
Pada pandangan saya,adalah amat tidak wajar DSAI tidak mahu mengulas dan membicarakan tentang peralihan kuasa 16 Sept.Kami sebagai rakyat Malaysia dan penyokong kuat Keadilan ingin tahu kenapa peralihan kuasa 16 SEPT tidak menjadi.
Adalah amat perlu untuk DSAI menyatakan dalam usaha meyakinkan kembali penyokong-penyokong
Keadilan dan Pakatan Rakyat.Kami tidak mahu rasa ditipu dan terpaksa menahan beban dibawah kerajaan sedia ada.
TIdak wajar untuk DSAI berpaling daripada pelan peralihan kuasa 16 SEPT dengan menyatakan ianya
tidak menjadi persoalan,mahu fokus pada negeri2 pakatan dan perlu menunggu sehingga plilihan raya akan datang.
Berikan sebab,DSAI.Biarlah kami sebagai penykong DSAI berpuas hati.Biar usaha kami datang memberi sokongan kepada DSAI tidak kira waktu,tempat dan keadaan berbaloi.
Jangan lukakan hati kami!!
Hi DSAI,
I agree with you fully on you not setting another deadline. As for now, let’s focus on building the 5 states that you have captured and also focus on the economical and financial crisis that our country is facing right now.lets not get too ambitious this time and get back to the basics just before the general election and also the Permatang Pauh by election. At the same time on focusing the 5 states and the economy crisis,do expose the wrongdoings of the current corrupted government just like the good old days way before the March general elections 2008. And insyallah by the next general election, we the people will be voting for Pakatan Rakyat. Hope you can consider this back to basic idea.Thank you.
salam sejahtera buat teman semua,
pada saya 16 september hanyalah satu tarikh yg dirancang oleh DSAI sama sepertii tarikh tarikh yg beliau telah rancang sebelum2 ini. saya yakin beliau telah merancang dgn begitu teliti hinggakan beberapa kali terpaksa menunda tarikh peralihan kuasa tersebut.
malangnya, ia tak berhasil. tidak ada apa2 yg ajaib mahupun pelik pada saya, karena sebagai manusia kita hanya merancang. selebihnya Tuhan Maha Mengetahui yg MENGIZINKANNYA. Walau bagaimanapun, fitrah dan resam manusia, apabila sesuatu tak menjadik, kita akan mula tercari2 apa yg tak kena. Dan ini memang bagus, jika dilakukan dgn jalan yg positif, kita akan muhasabah diri dan perancgn kita utk mencari kesilapan atau kekurangn yg telah kita lewati dan mungkin ada antara usaha perancgn itu melanggar perintahNya, maka Tuhan pun menidakkannya agar diri perancang itu terpelihara dari kesilapan yg bakal dijadikan isu oleh pihak lawan nanti utk terus menidakkan hak rakyat.
tetapi ada jugak yg mencari2 apa yg tak kena dgn jalan yg negatif, seperti mula menyalahkan perancang (DSAI), mula mempertikaikan diri perancang sebgai penabur janji kosong dan sbgnya. lontaran sebegini seolah2 menunjukkan semangat perubahan yg membaluti jiwa sudah lesu dan menyerah kalah. seolah2 sudah lupa bhw ada yg lebih berkuasa malah Maha Berkuasa akan atas segala benda yg wujud di alam ini. Sehebat mana pun seseorang itu merancang, jiakalau tiada keizinan dari yg Maha Kuasa, tidak ke mana jua akhirnya. Pastii ada hikmahnya utk kita dan terutama sang perancang DSAI utk memikirkan dan memahaminya.
yakinlah pada semangat juang reform yg ada di barisan PR, karena ia lahir dari kalangan rakyat biasa yg sanggup mengorbankan masa dan tenaga utk mengembalikan yg hak di bumi Tuhan ini.