WAYANG TINGGI IS REALLY AFOOT?

By Big Dog

Anwar Ibrahim announcement he will be contesting in Permatang Pauh Parliamentary seat as his wife PKR President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail declared quitting as Pematang Pauh MP.

Is this another precursor for another sordid drama in the making?

The timing of this is highly questionable. Anwar was unable to contest in the 8 March XIIth General Elections because the interregnum period stated by law for after serving the sentence for the conviction of abuse of power had not matured. Then came 14 April 2008, he was a ‘free’ man.

So why now and not then?

He was alleged to have sodomised Saiful Bukhary in a Police report made on July which stunned the nation again, almost ten years to be exact. Then came the drama of so-called being life threatening (which he illustrated to be false as her appeared before a mob-like crowd of 10,000 people days later), invited for asylum at the Turkish Embassy and later, refusing to do the muhaballah but instead demanded qazaf ruling from the Syariah Court.

And all the dramas in between, which include a ‘conspiracy theory’ involving the IGP Tan Sri Musa Hassan and AG Tan Sri Gani Patail to “fabricate evidence”.

After the refusal of co-operation with the Police, to obtain his DNA sample, Anwar knew his days are numbered. So, by actively going through the electoral process to become an MP, he will use the excuse of “politically motivated” when the Police arrest him soon, when most probably more damning evidence and conclusion is formed in the sodomy case.

Again, Anwar will cry foul again. And the international community will come hard against PM ‘Flip-Flop’ Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s administration for “trying to incarcerate a potential Malaysian leader as his popularity has risen”. The last time we were put to this test, we had a really strong leader.

What else is new with the Drama King?