PERKASA, the most vocal Malay NGO born when Umno was at its lowest ebb after being beaten badly following the 2008 general election, has not thrown away the towel as yet.
Founded and headed by former Umno leader and known rebel-rouser since student days in the 70s Ibrahim Ali, Perkasa has decided to 'lay off' politics and focus on its struggle in protecting the rights of bumiputras and Malays and Islam.

Ibrahim had said last week that he was taking leave to reflect on his position after he lost the Pasir Mas parliamentary seat in the recently concluded general election that he held since 2008 general election.
Dejected and disappointed over his defeat, Ibrahim had said he had given everything to safeguard the bumiputras, Malays and Islam but losing the Pasir Mas seat was reflective of his effort being unappreciated and shunned.

Beside Ibrahim, Perkasa vice-president Zulkifli Nordin was parachuted down in Shah Alam parliamentary seat in Selangor and lost to PAS Khalid Samad.
But Perkasa however, as an organization will continue to focus on its objective until Ibrahim returns from his leave to lead.

The organization secretary-general Syed Zain Hassan said Perkasa would be as vocal as before and would continue to be so minus 'politics'.

"Right now we will continue to voice our disagreements or agreements on government policies as well as making demands so safeguard the interests of bumiputras, Malays and Islam.
"For now, since after the general election where we know that the Chinese are not with the government despite the ruling coalition's deeds, we call on the government to stop giving new benefits or gifts to the Chinese.

"We call on the government to fulfill its promises to the Chinese community whatever had been promised before the general election because it is the responsibility of the government to honour its promises.
"But we also call the government to make new promises or new 'gifts' since we know where the community stands.

"Let us be practical about the situation and be real and truthful to ourselves.
"At the same time, Perkasa also wants the government to revert to the original whatever bumiputras and Malay privileges taken away and given to the Chinese.
"Example the JPA (Public Services Department) scholarship where in 2008, bumiputra and Malay quota was 95 percent but in 2009 brought down to just 50 percent to accommodate the Chinese.
"We demand back the original 95 percent because the Chinese community did not show any appreciation for the gift," he added.

Syed Zain also said Perkasa would call on the government to focus more on the development of bumputras and Malays in every aspect since this group of Malaysians were the ones left far behind compared to the Chinese community.
"The fact is bumiputras and Malays still support the government despite the ruling coalition focuses more on Chinese and after the recently concluded general election, we feel it is better for the government to revert to the old policies.

"Look around and see who are better off in every aspect of life and who are far behind and who gave full support to the ruling coalition despite it (government) focusing more on those whose life is better off.
"We in Perkasa will pursue our objective and we will not back down.
"The answer to whether Perkasa is still relevant now and the future is a yes.
"In fact, at the present political landscape, Perkasa is more relevant than before," he said.

Ibrahim is expected to return in a few months' time to lead Perkasa and this time, Perkasa is expected to be more vocal that will add colour to the already colourful Malaysia's political scenario where divisive politics seems to be the order of the day.
As the saying goes, an injured tiger is more dangerous when confronted.

"We will take to the streets and take over Putrajaya. If we really want to overthrow them, there is no other way. Democracy does not work," Haris Ibrahim from ABU (Anything But Umno) told a 1,500-strong crowd at a forum last night.

This is outrightly seditious, blatantly going against the country's Constitution and inciting riots.
And at present, Anwar Ibrahim is talking to rallies all over the country inciting the people to go on an uprise or do an Arab Spring.

And then there is a plan to hold a one million people rally in Kuala Lumpur soon.
So what are the government and the police doing? Are they just continue to monitor the situation until some one crazy or a madman throws a stone about the people in the rally which can start physical riot?
Is it not the time to call in those organisers and even Anwar himself, dteian them for questioning and put up a few papers for the Attorney-general Chambers to institute charges?
Isn't Anwar inciting a riot against the duly election government of Barisan Nasional as the recently concluded general election revealed?

This is not a time to wait until someone mad or crazy begin making the rally physical and then act.
The new Cabinet that will be effective on Thursday should make this subject the first and most priority in the agenda and act swiftly.

Najib Tun Razak as Prime Minister should no longer be moderate on this one issue which needs no second thoughts as the situation is getting out of hands.
Anwar challenges the very democratic system that the country and her people have been holding on from before Independent and this secrecy should be uphold and maintain.

It is time to act against Anwar and all those who follow him day and night around the country inciting an uprise or an Arab Spring.
This is not the time to reflect on Anwart being obsessed or mad or crazy or being made used of by the American imperialist or whatsoever.

This is the time to just detain and arrest because the people of the Malaysia has spoken through the ballot boxes and whoever does not agree should go to the courts of law.
Rallying and inciting further hate to create an uprise should be stopped right now…not tomorrow or next day or day after.

Because once the uprise begins, there will be no stopping until Anwar become Prime Minister.
So act now and swiftly – it is the responsibility of the duly elected government to stem out the simmering fire before it becomes a flame that cannot be extinguish.

Malaysian Chinese are obviously the most 'sensitive' race. That is why, when Utusan Malaysia only asks, 'Apa lagi yang Cina mahu?' (What else do the Chinese want?), in no time the newspaper is claimed as racist. The same thing goes to anyone who remind them about their origin, the person would definitely be labeled as racist.

It has been a habit to the Chinese in this country to make noise, pressure the government as well as criticizing those who are involved if their 'sensivity' is even touched. For those who have never been to Malaysia, perhaps they would imagine Malays as 'Aryan Brotherhood' or the 'Ku Klux Klan' in American which holds onto white supremacy as well as their cruelty against blacks, looking at how the Malaysian Chinese portray the Malays.

Fact is, even from history, Malays have never committed any cruelty, other than going amok, an isolated act by an individual. 
Instead, Chinese history is the one filled with violence, from the cruel emperor ruling to heartless communists. This attitude has been brought by the Chinese just about anywhere they go and we can see it today though their gangsterism.

The Chinese in Malaysia seem very sensitive if we are to talk about vernacular schools because they claim that it is their rights, as stated in the constitution. But at the same time, they seem very free in questioning Malay rights, and they even questioned azan as well as jawi writings at signboards, for having Malay-Islamic elements.

Not just that, they even questioned history and want to change so that communists and mastermind of May 13th will be taken as heroes.
In short, they criticized and denied everything which made Malaysia how it is today. Despite that, no one questioned their loyalty to this country even though they do not even love anything about this country.
And today, just for asking 'what else do you want', they have gone berserk, claiming there are elements of unfairness hitting them.

Fact is, the Chinese are well aware that they already have everything in Malaysia which minorities in other countries might not be able to enjoy. The Chinese are missing just one thing, political power. That is why they are giving their votes to DAP, after they managed to raise all the benefit and luxury from policies made by Barisan Nasional, after its ruling all these decades.
In other words, only after they are confident that they no longer need BN, the Chinese went to DAP for absolute power. For that, they are willing to march down to the streets only to destroy everything which has been developed as well as taking the risk of economic breakdown, because they believe that foreign aid will help them accelerate recovery.

The thing which saddens us is that Malays from PAS also support them to bring down the government, even though such action would not benefit them at all. They also labeled Utusan Malaysia as racist only from the question 'what else do the Chinese want?'. These PAS Malays really believe that Chinese only want transparency and good performance from the government.

It is okay for them to believe that. However, our question to them, what do PAS want?
We are puzzled by this, why don't PAS talk about hudud and Islamic state anymore? Don't PAS even want it anymore? Why all of the sudden all of PAS' main issue changed? From 'UMNO rejects Islam' to 'rising price of goods'? Out of nowhere PAS members suddenly feel like they are not getting enough food and they are unable to fill their car with petrol. Islam for PAS has become a second thing, 'misery' is their number one now.

For PAS' attention, the price of goods remain the same, no changes, nothing's changed after election. The same thing goes to DAP's fight to abolish Islam as official religion, usage of Kalimah Allah in Bibles as well as abolishing Malay rights, those never changed.
Thus, perhaps PAS need to take a little time calm down. Ask yourselves, 'what do I want?' or 'what is the problem?' Looking at how PAS keep on shifting their fight from time to time only make things look sad.
Obviously it is tiring to go around twisting this and that up to a point where Nik Aziz could not even stand straight.

However, despite of his sickness, even he is not sure of 'what he wants', constant disunity of ummah. Perhaps this is what all PAS members want?

 UMNO information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan today challenged the opposition to invite the Election Commission (EC) to explain their dissatisfaction over the 13th general election (GE13) results.

"If the EC could go to functions organised by UMNO, definitely it will go to those organised by other political parties," he said after chairing a briefing for the information heads of UMNO wings, divisions and branches, and non-governmental organisations with the EC, in Kuala Lumpur, Monday.

Ahmad, who is also Pontian member of parliament, said the issues raised by the opposition such as phantom voters, blackout and hiring foreigners to vote in the GE13 could be better explained and thrashed out through dialogues.

He said the explanations given could negate the opposition's baseless accusations, change public perception of the EC and stop the slander against the agency.

Ahmad suggested that the EC take legal action against the libelous accusations made against the agency as the country has a legal system that should be respected.

"It's not wrong for them (EC) to sue any non-governmental organisation or other quarters for slander against it as there were proof such as the reports in opposition-owned newspapers or recorded speeches of opposition leaders.

"Don't let slander reign to the extent that the people would think this (Barisan Nasional) government is not a legitimate government.

"Such wild accusations would smear the EC and Malaysia's good name in and outside the country," he said.

Ahmad said in view of this negative development, the UMNO information machinery would tour the country to explain the issues to the people including the grassroots.

With Inspector- General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Ismail Omar celebrating his 60th birthday this Friday, speculation is rife on the candidate who will replace him.

Based on tradition, his deputy, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, is expected to succeed him. However, the final decision lies with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Khalid, 55, who hails from Seremban, attended training as a police inspector at the Police Training Centre on Dec 5, 1976.

He was head of the Kedah Anti-Narcotic Department in 1997 and six years later, was the Pahang Police Management Department head before being appointed Kuantan District Police Chief.

In 2005, he was appointed Negeri Sembilan police chief and then as Federal Police (Bukit Aman) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) deputy director before being appointed Selangor police chief in June 2007.

On Oct 13, 2010, he was appointed Director of the Bukit Aman's Internal Security and Public Order Department and not long after that, as Deputy Inspector-General of Police.

According to police sources, eight other candidates are eligible to be appointed to the post.

They are Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin, Bukit Aman Special Task Force (Operations/Counter Terrorism) director Datuk Mohamad Fuzi Harun and Bukit Aman Special Branch director Datuk Akhil Bulat.

Others are Commercial Crimes Investigation Department director Datuk Wira Syed Ismail Syed Azizan, Management Department director Datuk Mortadza Nazarene and Narcotic Crimes Investigation Department director Datuk Noor Rashid Ibrahim.

Also eligible for the post are Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Wira Salleh Mat Rashid and Logistics Department director Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah

The new IGP, however, has to face various challenges, including improving the image of the force, as well as enhance public security, in tandem with the aspirations of the people for the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) to provide international-class policing.

Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the new person to lead PDRM should be capable of reducing the crime index to restore the people's confidence in the force.

"It is impossible to have a zero crime rate, but PDRM can reduce the rate drastically through various approaches," he added.

He suggested that the police intensify cooperation with the public for a more effective crime prevention.

PDRM, however, has carried out various transformation, following the government's introduction of the National Key Result Areas (NKRA) in 2009, including making Kuala Lumpur the safest city to live in.

The government, and the security forces, have declared 10 districts in Sabah to come under the Eastern Sabah safety zone and stationed five additional battalions of the Malaysian Armed Forces and the General Operations Force, as well as building additional police stations.

Apart from that, the government has activated the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) in Lahad Datu, abolished the Internal Security Act, Restricted Residence Act and the three Emergency ordinances, replacing them with the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012.

The government formulated the Peaceful Assembly Act, provided a RM6 million allocation to increase the number of policemen as well as for the installation of closed-circuit television cameras in 25 local government areas nationwide.

The government has also increase the number of auxiliary policemen, as well their training skills and professionalism, embarking on a strategic cooperation with the Malaysian Armed Forces to allow for more personnel to carry out patrol duties, introducing the biometric system for foreigners and also the Motorcycle Patrol Unit for PDRM, involving 1,000 motorcycles.

IN what is believed to be the first in the Kedah administration's history, two women are expected to be included in Barisan Nasional (BN) state executive council's 10-member committee.

Speculation is rife that Pendang Umno Wanita chief Datuk Suraya Yaacob and Kulim Puteri Umno head Datin Norsabrina Mohd Noor will be appointed as state executive councillors in the administration, led by newly appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir.

Suraya has been a representative for the Sungai Tiang constituency for three terms while Norsabrina is a first-term assemblyman for Bandar Baharu.
Sources claim that Suraya is expected to oversee women's affairs while Norsabrina, who is former chief executive officer of a Malacca government-linked company in biotechnology, will assume the information technology portfolio.

Prominent Kedah historian Datuk Wan Shamsuddin Mohd Yusoff said the appointment of the two assemblymen to the state cabinet, if proved true, would be historic.
"In previous Kedah governments, there was only one woman appointed as state executive councillor.
"If the speculation about the appointment of the two women is true, this will be the first in the Kedah government's history."

The swearing in of new state executive councillors will be held at Istana Anak Bukit, near here, on Wednesday.

Although Mukhriz had said he would maintain the 10-member state executive council office, only eight assemblymen, including Suraya and Norsabrina, are expected to be appointed as councillors.
The two remaining positions have been reserved for MCA assemblymen should the party reverse its decision to not accept any posts in the federal and state governments.

Besides Norsabrina, the other three new faces expected to be included in the state cabinet are Kuala Nerang assemblyman Badrol Hisham Hashim, Datuk Tajul Urus Mat Zain(Tanjung Dawai) and Aminuddin Omar (Jitra).

Sources say Badrol Hisham, who is Kedah BN Youth chief, is expected to assume the position of Housing and Local Government Committee chairman while Tajul Urus will oversee the state education portfolio.

Aminuddin will be in charge of youth and sports affairs.
Also rumoured to be included in Mukhriz's state cabinet are three two-term assemblymen: Belantek assemblyman Datuk Tajuddin Abdullah, Datuk Ku Abdul Rahman Ku Ismail (Guar Chempedak) and Mohd Rawi Abd Hamid (Ayer Hangat).

Tajuddin is believed to be slated for the Rural Development Committee chairman position while Ku Abdul Rahman will be in charge of the industry portfolio.
Rawi is expected to oversee the Islamic affairs portfolio.

Most of the assemblymen who are expected to be appointed as state executive councillors declined to comment but said it was the prerogative of the menteri besar.
Several people close to Mukhriz, however, stressed that nothing has been confirmed when asked about the state executive council line-up.

However, they confirmed that Mukhriz is expected to seek an audience with Sultan of Kedah Council of Regency chairman Tan Sri Tunku Annuar Sultan Badlishah and its three members -- Tan Sri Tunku Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, Datuk Seri Tunku Abdul Hamid Thani Sultan Badlishah and Tan Sri Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah -- to present the list of the state cabinet line-up at Istana Anak Bukit, at 4pm today.
The two MCA state assemblymen said they would adhere to the directive from the party's top leadership.

Dr Leong Yong Kong, who is a two-term state assemblyman for Gurun, and Chua Thiong Gee said the party's leadership had not changed from its stand to not accept any federal or state government posts.

BERSIH Chairman, Ambiga Sreevenasan recently urged rakyat to boycott mainstream newspapers, New Straits Times, Utusan Malaysia, The Star and Berita Harian for a month. She urged rakyat to wear black attires for the whole month to express their protest against GE13 result.
Ambiga's excuse, GE13 result was obtained in a 'dirty' manner. For that, she pushes EC Chairman to resign.
As a person with legal background, Ambiga is really putting herself to shame for making baseless allegations. Especially when she seem 'exited' over pushing for the outdated indelible ink to be used. Thankfully, the EC kept on using the current system, which ensures smooth polling process, while the usage of indelible ink is nothing more than an effort to make Ambiga happy.
Sadly, Ambiga is still not satisfied even though there was no case on anyone voting twice or not allowed to vote due to the weakness of indelible in issues as claimed. Ambiga will never be happy if BN wins because BN is the only thing which is stopping her from reaching her dream of seeing Muslims going apostate as well as seeing Malaysians freely practicing LGBT.
Unable to make the indelible ink stay as her main capital to justify any of her protests, Ambiga then claimed that there were phantom voters as well as cheating elements during electrical disturbance. These allegations have gone viral in the social media network to form a strong perception among rakyat saying that GE13 was unclean.
However, Ambiga found that all efforts to create this perception is not as easy as she think it would be as mainstream newspapers managed to block her by reporting the truth, along with explanations and evidence. While things brought out by Ambiga are all allegations with no proof.
By pushing people to boycott these newspapers, Ambiga only confirmed that all the things reported by these newspapers are true and that she is the on who is lying. And Ambiga do not want rakyat to receive the true information, she only want them to receive biased information.
Besides, if the reports from the newspapers are not true, obviously Ambiga would have sue them. However, this did not happen, Ambiga is unable to provide any evidence nor provide any counterarguments or even suing the newspapers, and EC.
Instead, she only plays on the 'surface', making random allegations to spread perception. Ambiga could not tell specifically where those incidents happened, who and how many were involved, the correct time period as well a the cheating element.
Without these information, how can Ambiga confirm that those things did occur?
How can a lawyer like Ambiga commit something which does not follow the law?
How can a democracy fighter such as Ambiga go against democracy?
How can a person who fights for freedom of speech such as Ambiga urges rakyat to boycott, and even block the freedom of media?
Clearly, Ambiga's arguments and actions does not reflect a person who fights for the truth, instead, her actions only shows that she has an evil agenda where she intentionally wishes to tarnish the image of EC and the government.
If this is how Ambiga handles her dissatisfaction over GE13, she should stop claiming herself as any type of fighter. She needs to admit that she is a regime change agent, and please, just fight on the real platform. There is no need to be in disguise, because everything is clear now.

On this historic date, I would like to wish 'safe' to all Malaysians. We are safe and secure over the peace, stability and harmony after May 13, 1969 left us a long time ago.
We are lucky because we are still safe today, despite of all the attempts to bring this country to a chaos. Not that we did not know that the protest against GE13 were just excuses to operate anarchy.
And we feel sad over youth who joined those protests without even knowing the real intention of their leaders which only use them as baits. However, over the great performance shown by the country's leaders and security officials, I am grateful that I still get the chance to wish everyone 'safe' including those who joined protests, insulting leaders and security officials who has been protecting this country from any harm.
During May 13, 1969, chaos began when Chinese opposition thought they their 25 seats win, compared to Perikatan with 66 seats, as a victory for their side. This matter is almost as same as how it is today where BN won 133 and opposition 89 seats, but the opposition thought that they had won.
If in 1969, they rallied and celebrated their 'victory', this year they 'gathered' to state their 'victory'. It is not a coincidence that how both incidents show how the opposition is represented by Chinese majority.
Clearly, the Chinese have never changed their opinions and attitudes since 1969.
It seems like May 13, 1969 will not teach them any lesson other than keep on gathering up their vengeance. Their determination to deny Malay status, as well as to take over this country has never vanished. Their hope to unite with other races, has never been in their dictionary. The only thing they know is to get the most benefit in anything they do.
Malays, including the government cannot keep on denying this fact, just to please the Chinese. Malays as well as Malay leaders cannot stay defensive each time the Chinese pushes.
Looking at the situation, it is wise for us to study for the next move, in detail.
It is vital for leaders to understand who and what he leads.
Fact is, the Chinese are selfish, over-confident and they have strong spirit and identity. Thus, they need leaders who are strict and brave. That is why Chinese Emperor, and even Lee Kwan Yew himself believe that being strict is the only way to lead the Chinese. If not, they will be used by their followers.
Hoping for the Chinese to understand and practice 'tolerance' is something impossible because they do not know any of that. They will keep on asking 'what would I get for being tolerant?'. If the answer is only peace instead of material things, it is not good enough for them.
True, not all Chinese are selfish, but they have been holding onto this attitude as united race. This is the reason why the Chinese remained as an empire for the past 2000 years - they do not fade or grow any smaller unlike other empires in the history of human civilization.
Understanding the psychology of various races in Malaysia is an important step towards making reforms in the government. The 1Malaysia concept will never be successful with the participation of Chinese. However, participation but with their 'selfish' attitude would not mean a thing.
Thus, to ensure that this country remain in peace and May 13 would not happen again just because the Chinese want to rule and destroy the structure of this country, leaders need to take the same approach taken by Lee Kwan Yew as well as Chinese Emperors. Study their ways and use the knowledge to control and lead the Chinese so that the country could move forward. It is not wrong to learn from history, even from our own enemies because history never lie, and history is the best teacher.

Appeals Court holds election manifesto not legally enforceable 

The Court of Appeal held that an election manifesto is not legally enforceable. 

Following this landmark ruling, the three-member panel led by Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus struck out a civil suit brought by a group of single mothers who were seeking RM10.9 million in allowances over the Selangor Government's alleged failure to fulfill its 2008 general election manifesto.

 The panel, comprising Justices Datuk Abdul Aziz Abd Rahim and Datuk Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, allowed the appeal by the Selangor Government and Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim to set aside a High Court's refusal to strike out the suit.

Justice Hishamudin agreed with the submission forwarded by lawyer A. Vishnu Kumar representing the Selangor Government and Mentri Besar that the manifesto was not a legally binding document.
Vishu had submitted that a person who was aggrieved over the non-fulfillment of an election manifesto cannot seek to enforce the manifesto.

Vishnu said their remedy was of a political one citing English court cases, including one by reknown judge Lord Denning who had pronounced that voters' remedy for non-fulfillment of election promises lies in the ballot box.

Justice Hishamuddin also accepted Vishu's argument that the group could not challenge the matter as their civil suit was filed out of time.

Earlier, Vishu had submitted that the group of 2,020 single mothers should have filed their civil suit within three years from March 2008 but they had filed the suit on Nov 23, last year.
The group led by the Selangor Single Mothers Association chairman Murtini Kasman Saman, were ordered to pay RM1,000 in legal costs to the Selangor government and Khalid.
The group filed the civil suit last year at the High Court in Shah Alam demanding a total of RM10.9mil in allowances due to them as promised by the Opposition pact in its 2008 election manifesto.

They had named the Selangor government, comprising PKR, PAS and DAP, as the first defendant and Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, who was the chief executive of the state, as the second defendant in the suit.
They claimed that the pact, after coming into power in the state following the election, kept its promise of coming up with a free water scheme and a RM1,000 reward to each Selangor student who gained admission to university, but reneged on the promise of giving allowances to single mothers in the state.

As such, they demanded that the 2,020 women be paid single mothers' allowance of RM100 a month for 54 months (from April 1, 2008 to Oct 30, 2012), which totals RM10.9mil, and sought costs and other relief deemed fit by the court.

On Dec 12, 2011, the Selangor government and Khalid filed an application to strike out the suit.
On Jan 23, this year, the High Court dismissed their (Selangor government and Khalid) application to strike out the suit and ordered the case to go for a trial.
Lawyer Walter Pereira representing the single mothers submitted that the promises in the manifesto had been translated into a contract.

 

In the wake of such an important election, some rather odd things are being said inside Pakatan. And we are not referring to the nasty rhetoric emerging from The Mother of All Feuds inside PKR over the Selangor MB job.

The latest zinger comes from the DAP chairman, Karpal Singh, who has arrived late on the scene of think-tank and blogosphere suggestions that the DAP could (or should) cooperate with Barisan Nasional to form a new Government.

"Joining Barisan is completely out of the question," he said at the weekend.
"I'll be the first to walk out if that happens, and I'm sure 100 per cent (of our party members) will walk out with me," offered Karpal.
As emphatic as Karpal's threat to resign is, it will doubtless raise questions about what is going on in his mind and within his party for two reasons.

Firstly, these are just rumours and proposals from the blogosphere and there is absolutely no evidence of a concerted campaign to unite the DAP and BN. This makes his remarks appear slightly over the top.
Secondly, these rumours have already been dealt with by DAP elder statesman Lim Kit Siang, one of the few measured voices these days inside Pakatan Rakyat's leadership.

Kit Siang has said there are plenty of proposals and ideas floating around these days, but that he would only countenance working with BN if Pakatan's manifesto were to be embraced by the new Government. But despite Kit Siang's remarks, Karpal still felt the need to wade in with his resignation threat. We are not sure why he did this.

Following his initial outburst, Karpal went on to pretty much echo Kit Siang's position saying "we can work with Barisan only if they accept the Pakatan manifesto, then we will give serious consideration."
The idea of a broad-based coalition has been mooted by the think-tank ASLI and by former Information Minister Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin, who blogged that the DAP's presence in BN would give a new voice to the Chinese community.

Karpal's latest comments will also fuel fresh speculation about the 72-year-old's future in Malaysian politics. He found the campaign gruelling, and is not exactly the face of the future.
But it might not be his physical health or age that matters most. Instead, his relevance within his party could be the key to his future. Karpal has always been prepared to say unpopular things if he believes them to be correct, but this time it might not be enough to end the disquiet within the DAP.
Or maybe Karpal did not really mean to make a scene inside or outside the DAP with his eccentric and gratuitous resignation threat. Maybe he was just being Karpal.