Been restraining myself not to comment on this issue. I think the whole scenario served as a comic relief for me. The whole political situation. BN tries to derail the campaign etc. In my personal and honest opinion it can’t be helped that everything seems politically motivated. The charges, the cut in fuel price. Even though the government has said that all the issues were not politically motivated. The graft charges faced by the opposition law maker. It quite a mouthful not to believe and smell the non existent presence of politics involved in these matter.

Here I am in Singapore, I have been monitoring the polictical face off in Permatang Pauh through news avenue such as the news paper and internet and I could not help laughing. The whole thing was hillarious, although I know that Malaysians netizen/blogger are very much concerned with the whole thing due to the fact that its their country, kudos to them for being so engaged and standing up and lobbying for what they believed in.

Something quite interesting, I must say that the BN is very much contradictory:

Malaysia’s ruling coalition on Tuesday conceded defeat in a by-election against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who will return to parliament after a decade-long absence.

“Yes of course we have lost… we were the underdogs going into this race,” said Muhammad Muhammad Taib, information chief of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) which leads the Barisan Nasional coalition.

Muhammad said UMNO had been hampered by internal disagreement over the choice of its candidate in the by-election, Arif Shah Omah Shah, and was distracted by upcoming internal leadership polls.

“There are factors that we have to be practical about but this does not mean that he is enjoying full support elsewhere in the country,” he told AFP.

“He is the winner here because this is his hometown and the timing of the elections is to his advantage because UMNO’s party polls will be held in a month.”

Muhammad also dismissed talk that the victory would help Anwar oust the government with the help of defecting lawmakers, after landmark March general elections that handed the opposition unprecedented gains.

Source: http://channelnewsasia.com

It is funny that the DPM Najib was there to lend support and I must say the top brass have also lend their political weight. From a third party view I see Arif Shah Omar Shah being backed by the whole ruling coalition (BN). It seems BN really put in such effort rallying for support for this by election.

I am not a fan of Anwar or sorts but the political landscape across the causeway has indeed brought about comic relief to me.

Oh btw I think BN needs a new Corporate Communication Team, so many inconsistencies in what they say in the press.

The views are solely my personal views and does not reflect or echo of any institutions or units.

Read more interesting posts from Maskuhreyd here.