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GE16 dooms day lurks for PMX and PH
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3, 2025: Human nature and history are such that they are generally stubborn and will never change or right the wrong due to ego.
And it is not surprising that Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PMO) Anwar Ibrahim will not take steps or measures, for reasons best know to him, to check the public confidence rot in Pakatan Harapan (PH) and his so-called Madani Unity Government (UG).
And the DAP and its leadership will be as meek as ever, upholding its MCA 2.0 lap dog image, and aping his boss’ NATO (No Action Talk Only) politics.
They will all only realise their folly when nasi sudah jadi bubur (rice becomes porridge) in the next general election (GE16) which is due in 2027.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below two posts found on Facebook and our previous posts:
Andre Rizal
Fact: Anwar Ibrahim, You already had the Chinese and Indian votes as your fixed deposit.
These communities never demanded special treatment.
They never asked you to treat them like your own “anak”.
They never asked you to abandon the Malays.
All they wanted was fairness, especially for the next generation of youth (for education and jobs) and business opportunities to rebuild the country, together.
But instead, you neglected the voters who stood with you…
and went chasing shadows in the bushes, trying to impress those who would never vote for you anyway.
I’ve stood with a clear and consistent mind since 1998 (supporting you)…
but sad to say, this political #taichi to keep PH in power is the very thing that will cost you the next General Election.
The rakyat handed you an unpolished #diamond, Malaysia and all you had to do is just polish it. But you’re treating it like a piece of glass instead of shaping it into something great.
Still not too late… but the clock is ticking. To save your Chinese and Indian voters.. without them, there is no #DAP and #PKR.
Maha Teh
Maybe An chwar plan is to demolish destroy PH base and he will join Pas or Umngok later near to GE16. Or else why is he not taking care of his support base, while he is chasing Malays voters with a lot rewards and who are already indoctrinated and brainwashed with MalayIsley Supremacy?
THE DAY THE DATA SCREAMED,
AND EVERYONE DECIDED TO WEAR EARPLUGS
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I. THE SPREADSHEET THAT SAW THE FUTURE (AND WAS IMMEDIATELY IGNORED)
Every political saga has a prophet.
Some come with staffs and sandals.
Ours came with pivot tables.
Rafizi Ramli and his INVOKE battalion — those quiet data monks who could predict turnout with all the emotional detachment of a Japanese vending machine — shouted the obvious:
“Chinese and Indian turnout collapsing. Fix it now.”
Did anyone listen?
Of course not.
Listening is impossible when your political ego is noise-cancelling.
Instead, PH leadership took his warnings, placed them neatly inside a manila folder, labelled it “Drama Tak Penting”, and proceeded to govern like the voter base lived in Wakaf Bharu.
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II. HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE NOBODY
The government’s brilliant strategy was simple:
1. Ignore the urban base.
2. Ignore the mixed seats.
3. Ignore the numbers.
4. Chase the walaun, who dislike you more passionately than you dislike Monday mornings.
It was like watching someone try to woo a cat by aggressively barking.
They doubled down.
Then tripled down.
Then quadrupled down until even the calculators in INVOKE filed for emotional leave.
More Palestine rallies.
More Islam-first speeches.
More Malay-first slogans.
More attempts to out-PAS PAS — an endeavour as doomed as trying to outsweat a sauna.
And after spending hundreds of billions in aid, subsidies, and political goodwill…
what did the conservative base give?
Absolutely nothing.
Not even 0.1%.
But they did give something else:
Fresh new insults.
Extra decorative curse words.
A daily buffet of “Anwarina” memes.
A great return on investment — if the intended investment was pain.
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III. THE MATHEMATICS OF SELF-SABOTAGE (PLEASE READ SLOWLY)
Meanwhile, PH’s actual supporters quietly packed their hopes and went home.
Rafizi warned:
“We’ve lost 32% of Chinese support. 38% of Indian support.”
Team Damai replied:
“Numbers salah.”
“Cakap besar.”
“Kami lagi pandai.”
Reality replied:
“Watch this.”
Just an 8% drop in turnout — not votes, just energy — is enough to evaporate:
• Tambun
• Sungai Petani
• Balik Pulau
• Sungai Buloh
• Sungai Siput
• Tanjong Malim
• Sekijang
• Sepanggar
• Miri
That’s 9 seats gone, with DAP and Amanah seats waiting in line like dominoes at a politically themed funeral.
And at state level?
Kedah was just the beginning.
Selangor and Negeri Sembilan now tremble like a cat hearing fireworks.
Sabah’s DAP edifice?
Reduced to decorative gravel.
This is not merely a trend.
This is a slow-motion political landslide conducted by leadership holding umbrellas upside down.
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IV. TEAM DAMAI AND THE ART OF MISUNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING
If this were a movie, Team Damai would be the comic-relief characters who accidentally drop the bomb while trying to read the instruction manual upside down.
Rafizi warned them in Sungai Bakap.
He warned before Sabah.
He warned about scandals.
He warned about the dynasty-building.
He warned about the walaun fantasy.
They mocked him.
They ridiculed him.
They called him “kuat merajuk.”
Then they celebrated kicking him out — like someone proudly removing the smoke alarm during a fire.
They said:
“We don’t need Rafizi.”
“We don’t need INVOKE.”
“J-KOM cukup.”
“PKR boleh menang 100 tahun lagi.”
The universe responded:
“One seat out of twenty in Sabah.”
Even the chairs at the ceramah felt embarrassed.
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V. THE MAN WHO SAVED YOU, THEN BECAME TOO DANGEROUS TO KEEP
Let’s revisit history before it rewrites itself:
When Rafizi returned after years in the wilderness, he rebuilt the PH machine with the precision of a watchmaker and the stamina of a man permanently caffeinated.
He launched Ayuh Malaysia.
He travelled endlessly.
He reignited morale.
He promised 80 seats.
He delivered 82.
He told Anwar to contest Tambun — a political suicide mission.
He delivered that too.
He became the strategist, the wave-maker, the election general.
Until he made one mistake:
He wanted reform for real.
That was when the knives came out.
The reasons were both tragic and predictable:
1. He moved too fast.
2. He was too clean.
3. He was too competent.
4. He honoured the manifesto.
5. He protected PH’s actual base.
6. He irritated the corrupt.
7. He refused envelopes, projects, and hush-hush nonsense.
So they plotted.
They whispered.
And they deployed the ultimate betrayal:
Nurul Izzah’s coup attempt.
Blood is thicker than water, yes —
but apparently also thicker than competence.
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VI. SABAH: THE EXTINCTION EVENT
Sabah was the exam paper.
Rafizi wasn’t allowed to sit for it.
And the student left without the teacher scored:
1 out of 20.
This wasn’t defeat.
This was a national-level clown festival.
Two PKR election directors.
Anwar flying in.
Big guns.
Peninsular campaigners.
Concert-level staging.
Still: 1 out of 20.
And that one wasn’t even theirs.
The rakyat looked on and whispered the sentence political strategists fear most:
“Mana Rafizi?”
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VII. THE DOMINOES FALL, AND THE GENERAL IS GONE FOR GOOD
Now the dominoes move:
Sabah today.
Sarawak soon.
Peninsular after.
This time, Rafizi isn’t coming back.
Not even with siren songs or teary apologies.
He saw what happened.
He felt the betrayal.
He tasted the ingratitude.
Why would he return to a house that pushed him out the window and then asked him to fix the aircon?
Meanwhile, PH leadership can build their dynasty.
But what is the point of a palace when the city beneath it is burning?
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VIII. A KINGDOM OF ASHES, BUILT BY EGO
Without Rafizi, PH is wandering through the forest at night, using a broken phone screen as a torchlight.
The reform dream is bleeding.
The coalition is draining.
The supporters are leaving.
The numbers are collapsing.
The tragedy is not that Rafizi was pushed out.
The tragedy is that the very people he carried to Putrajaya —
the very people who owe their careers to him —
chose ego over survival.
With Rafizi, PH soared.
Without him, PH stumbles.
And Malaysia watches, confused, heartbroken, and slightly amused, the way one watches a friend who insists his GPS is wrong while driving confidently into a longkang.
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IX. THE FINAL SENTENCE THAT HURTS MORE THAN ANY INSULT
This is not strategy.
This is not leadership.
This is not realpolitik.
This is political self-harm disguised as bravery.
This is a slow, deliberate walk toward a grave dug with your own hands.
And on that tombstone, freshly carved, painfully accurate, it reads:
“HERE LIES PAKATAN HARAPAN.
BETRAYED NOT BY ENEMIES,
BUT BY THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO LISTEN TO DATA.”
Hisham Badrul Hashim
Monday, 1 December 2025
Slowly, but surely, Anwar leading PKR to its political demise?
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Anwar abandons PKR’s Reformasi (Reformation) for Reformati (Dead Reformation), and turn PKR and Madani Unity Government into an all-in-the-family affair ...
Slowly, but surely, Anwar leading PKR to its political demise?
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2, 2025: Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister (PMO), could only lead his PKR into Sabah to win only one seat!
Why? Because voters are seeing through his NATO (No Action Talk Only) politics.
And, it is beginning to look like he gives a damn about PKR because there is Umno.
For long, talk has it that Anwar’s ultimate political road is to return to Umno to head a party that manages its affairs through politics of patronage.
That he displayed clearly when Anwar engineered his daughter, Nurul Izzah, to challenge the then PKR deputy Rafizi Ramli and his hardcore Reformasi supporters.
Anwar succeeded in removing all the Reformasi die-hards from the party leadership.
Anwar is indeed now managing his Madani Unity Government (UG) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) the Barisan Nasional (BN)-Umno way - politics of patronage and racism and religion, with racial and religious bigots like Umno youth chief Dr Akmal “Dr Ham/I Am Malay First” and Taliban-like PAS leaders getting away with spewing social venom freely without action.
Also, there are talks that Anwar is also trying to rope in PAS in his UG.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a news posted by The Coverage on Anwar, Rafizi and PKR, and our previous posts:
Rafizi Was PKR’s Lifeline – Anwar Cut It, Now Pakatan Harapan Lies in Ashes
2 December, 2025
After GE14, when Rafizi Ramli and his INVOKE big-data machine helped Pakatan Harapan crush Najib Razak and end 61 years of Barisan Nasional rule, Rafizi did the honourable thing: he took a step back. He rested. He let others take the spotlight.
Big mistake.
The moment he left active politics, PKR started bleeding. By-election after by-election – Malacca, Johor, and more – turned into massacres. Pakatan supporters watched in horror as their party was humiliated again and again. Morale collapsed. Hope evaporated. Fighters became spectators. No direction, no strategy, no fire left in the belly.
They begged Rafizi to return.
He came back – not for position, but for Malaysia.
With INVOKE’s razor-sharp data, he launched Ayuh Malaysia. He travelled the country non-stop. He built wave after wave. He crafted perfect strategic narratives. He rebuilt morale from the ashes. He promised 80 seats in GE15.
Everyone laughed. “Too ambitious,” they said.
He delivered 82.
He told Anwar Ibrahim to contest Tambun – a seat analysts called political suicide. They said Rafizi wanted to bury Anwar. Anwar trusted him anyway.
Anwar won big. From the ruins of opposition, they marched into Putrajaya.
Rafizi became the man behind the throne: the strategist, the war general, the commander-in-chief of elections, the wave-maker, the mobiliser, the voice that moved millions.
And when he finally took the Economy Minister post? The results spoke louder than any critic ever could:
· Average GDP growth above 5% for 2.5 years
· Inflation averaged just 1.5%
· Malaysia jumped from 67th to No. 1 globally in Open Data
· Ranked No. 1 by World Economic Forum for green energy transition
· Fitch, S&P, Moody’s, JPMorgan – all upgraded Malaysia’s outlook
Budget deficit slashed from 5.5% to 3.5%
He delivered. Quietly. Relentlessly. Effectively.
Then he started pushing – politely, professionally – for real reform.
And that’s when they decided he had to go.
They kicked Rafizi out for five fatal reasons:
1. He wanted reform fast. They wanted business as usual.
2. He is a man of principle who tolerates zero nonsense and zero corruption. They wanted to cari makan – shares, appointments, contracts, projects, slush funds, and surat sokongan.
3. He became too influential, too competent, too popular. The higher powers felt threatened – just like ancient emperors who murdered the loyal generals who put them on the throne.
4. He wanted to honour the manifesto he himself drafted in 2018. They wanted to U-turn on every single promise the moment they smelled power and profit.
5. He wanted to protect and strengthen PH’s core base – the M40, progressive Malays, the Indians , Anak Sabah, Anak Sarawak, and the Chinese community. They wanted to chase the walaun vote – the PAS fanatic base – even if it meant abandoning everyone who actually voted PH into power.
And the final sin? Rafizi refused to play “Cash is King”. No projects for cronies. No envelopes. No dana under the table.
Then he started advising the Prime Minister – politely, professionally – on one issue after another.
Anwar smiled in front, but did the opposite behind.
Trust eroded. Advice was ignored. Warnings were dismissed.
It culminated in the ultimate betrayal: Anwar gave his blessings for his own daughter, Nurul Izzah, to lead a coup in the PKR party election to dethrone Rafizi and his entire reform team.
The message was clear: blood is thicker than competence.
The message was brutal: in today’s PKR, loyalty to the family dynasty matters more than loyalty to Reformasi.
Rafizi, ever the gentleman, resigned as Minister of Economy without a single bitter word in public. He walked away and started Kesum and Fleximart – social enterprises to help the rakyat directly.
Meanwhile, his opponents in PKR – the so-called “Team Damai” – mocked him during the party election:
“We don’t need Rafizi.” “We don’t need INVOKE.” “We don’t need big data or think tanks.” “PKR can survive another 100 years!” “We’ll win more than 80 seats from our current 31 – easy!” “Our data is better. J-KOM is enough for strategic communication.”
Six months later – just six months without Rafizi – Pakatan Harapan contested 20 seats in the Sabah state election.
They won one. And even that one came via a defector, not their own strength.
Total annihilation. Total humiliation. A historic extinction-level event.
When Rafizi was Deputy President and PKR Election Director, Anwar Ibrahim never once had to campaign in more than 13 by-elections after GE15. The machinery ran like clockwork.
In Sabah, they had two PKR election directors (Nurult Izzah and Saifuddin Nasution), plus Anwar himself flying in last-minute to “save” the campaign.
Result? 1 out of 20.
One Rafizi was worth more than Anwar + Nurul Izzah + Saifuddin Nasution + Amiruddin Shaari combined.
All the scandals now exploding – Farhash, Shamsul Iskandar, Fadhlina’s incompetence as Education Minister – Rafizi had warned Anwar about them privately, again and again.
Anwar didn’t listen.
Six months ago, INVOKE data showed PH had already lost 32% of Chinese support and 38% of Indian support.
They laughed. Called it fake. Said Rafizi was exaggerating.
Sabah’s Chinese majority seats? Wiped out. Exactly as predicted.
When PKR announced its candidates, Rafizi reminded them: this is about Reformasi, not Reformanan or Reformusa.
They called him “kuat merajuk”. Too sensitive.
So they chopped him.
Now Shamsul Iskandar – the man who called Rafizi “pemimpin sialan” – has become the real curse that buried PH in Sabah.
Every time Rafizi tried to help, the DAMAI cybertroopers, paid professors, and loyalist writers were sent to slander him. They even dared him to leave and form his own party.
He left.
And now the dominoes fall: Sabah today, Sarawak tomorrow, Peninsular Malaysia the day after.
This time, Rafizi is not coming back.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Anwar can promote his daughter all he wants. He can dream of a family dynasty.
But what is the point of ruling over a kingdom of ashes?
Without Rafizi Ramli and his big data, PKR is lost. Pakatan Harapan is bleeding.
And Malaysia’s last great hope for reform has been betrayed by the very man he carried to Putrajaya.
History will judge who really won GE15… and who destroyed everything after.
Thursday, 5 June 2025
PKR and Umno no difference under Anwar
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PKR and Umno no difference under Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6, 2025: Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz’s move from Umno to PKR is the clearest indication of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s politics of nepotism/cronyism and patronage ala Umno-style.
Today, PKR is no different from Umno. There is no more Reformasi (Reformation) PKR, only Reformati (Dead Reformation) for rakyt dan negara (people and country).
The “Abim and Umno DNA” in Anwar is just too overwhelming for him to discard the politics of nepotism/cronyism and patronage ala Umno-style for Reformasi.
PKR president Anwar engineered the removal of a party loyalist and committed Reformasi reformist in the central leadership to consolidate his preferred politics of nepotism/cronyism and patronage ala Umno-style.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below international news website Finance Twitter’s take on Anwar’s Umno -style of political manoeuvring:
Why Zafrul Suddenly Quit UMNO – The Next Selangor Chief Minister
6 June, 2025
Anwar Ibrahim’s original plan was to weaken Rafizi Ramli – supposedly key strategist – as the 47-year-old deputy president of PKR (People’s Justice Party) has become a threat due to his rising influence. As PKR president Anwar enters his third and final term, the time has come to install his eldest daughter Nurul Izzah as his successor if Anwar Dynasty is to survive.
Unlike blind loyalist Saifuddin Nasution or apple polisher Ramanan, Rafizi is a hard nut to crack – refusing to join the “Anwar Fan Club” where money politics, cronyism and nepotism thrive. As a result, Rafizi and Anwar do not see eye to eye on many issues. That’s why Rafizi criticized Anwar and his minions for becoming increasingly timid after gaining power – too coward in speaking out.
While Anwar had anticipated the defeat of Rafizi, the PM did not expect him to pre-emptively announce that he will resign from the Cabinet if he failed to defend his deputy presidency. Even if he insists to quit, Anwar had expected him to continue serving as Economy Minister, at least till Christmas 2025. The premier believed he could persuade his protégé to stay and control the damage.
But why December 2025? That’s because the senatorship of Minister for Trade and Industry, Tengku Zafrul Aziz, will end on December 2. And because he is currently on his second and final term, he cannot be appointed as a senator again, which means he cannot become a minister. PM Anwar’s plan was to shuffle the Cabinet at the end of the year to consolidate his power by rewarding his cronies and friends.
That’s why PM Anwar had only approved Rafizi’s “leave application”, but not his resignation as the Economy Minister. It’s already bizarre that the prime minister allowed him to clear his annual leave, but disallowed him to quit. Had the PM agreed to let Rafizi quit, he would have approved both the leave and resignation, and happily sends him off. If your superior disallows you to resign – there’s only one reason.
Either your manager wants you to complete all the projects in hand, or he plans to counter offer you. Rafizi is a minister, not a project manager who micro-manage a project. The staffs of the ministry can do all the work even without a minister. A minister’s job is to make and implement decisions on policies. Therefore, the reason Rafizi’s resignation is still hanging is because Anwar wanted to counter offer him.
However, even while a counter offer was on the drawing board, naughty Rafizi deliberately torpedoed his boss’ plan by prematurely announcing his own resignation to reporters, just minutes after PM Anwar pretended that there wasn’t any resignation to begin with. Another torpedo was abruptly unleashed by Nik Nazmi, who resigned as Environment Minister on the same day.
Today, Rafizi revealed that not only Nurul had proposed to create another post of PKR deputy president, but the offer was floated just three days before PKR delegates cast their ballots in the party’s central leadership elections. This suggests Nurul already knew that she will win even before the voting begins, thanks to money politics, voting irregularities and daddy’s backdoor support.
Rafizi, who eventually lost to Anwar’s daughter, had rejected the offer – partly because he wants people to see him as a good example of accountability, responsibility, integrity and good leadership,and largely because he was too smart to foolishly swallow the hook, line and sinker. If he accepts the “appointment” of PKR deputy president after losing it, he will be ridiculed as a power-crazy pariah.
The reasons why Anwar-Nurul was trying to trap Rafizi with a duplicate PKR deputy president post is to use it to counter accusations of nepotism, to silent Rafizi from attacking Anwar’s dynasty politics, to undermine Rafizi’s reputation, to show the generosity of Nurul, to continue benefiting from Rafizi’s big data analytics and above all – to prevent revolting from grassroots and young voters aligned with Rafizi.
More importantly, the PM needed time to orchestrate a “safe parliamentary seat” so that Zafrul could contest, win and then retain the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry. All hell broke loose when Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi resigned almost immediately after losing the party election. Mr Anwar needed time between June and December to save Zafrul.
Yes, after Rafizi and Nik’s double bombshells, Anwar had no choice but to bring forward his plan to recruit Zafrul. Get real, it was not a coincidence after Rafizi’s resignation, Zafrul suddenly announced his decision to hop from UMNO to PKR – without giving up his ministership. Do you really think Zafrul would recklessly quit UMNO if he had not gotten the blessing from Anwar, and even UMNO president Zahid Hamidi?
Despite Anwar’s claim that PKR has not yet held discussions with its unity government partner, UMNO, regarding the resignation of Zafrul, it’s not rocket science both Anwar and Zahid had already struck a deal. That explains why Zahid, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, was not particularly concerned about Zafrul’s announcement last Friday to exit from UMNO.
Interestingly, Zahid only seeks to retain UMNO’s full allocation of seven ministerial quota in the Federal Cabinet, without specifying that Zafrul’s MITI (Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry) must be returned as well. This means Anwar’s plan is to not only recruit Zafrul, but also to grab the ministry. In exchange, Rafizi’s Economy Ministry would be given to UMNO.
Between MITI and Ministry of Economy, the former is a more strategic portfolio. And the premier hopes to pressure UMNO to surrender MITI using Zafrul’s royal connection. Anwar Ibrahim, desperate to project himself as a Malay-Muslim hero and the defender of Malay Rulers, wanted Zafrul in PKR not because he is competent, but due to Zafrul’s royal cable in the Sultanate of Selangor.
Born with a silver spoon, Zafrul, thanks to his marriage to the great granddaughter to the fifth Sultan of Selangor, managed to climb up the corporate ladder largely due to his royal title “Tengku”. He was the chief executive of Malaysian banking group CIMB before handpicked and promoted by Muhyiddin as the Minister of Finance in March 2020 after a political coup.
Zafrul was also linked to Muhyiddin’s family. Apparently, his younger brother, Tengku Zuhri Tengku Abdul Aziz, is married to Fara Nadia Abd Rahim, whose elder sister Fara Ikma Abd Rahim is married to Muhyiddin’s eldest son Fakhri Yassin. From being Bersatu’s poster boy to becoming UMNO’s poster boy after his appointment as Selangor UMNO Treasurer, Zafrul got everything without lifting a finger.
But his promotion on April 12, 2023 – served on a silver platter with UMNO Supreme Council membership thrown in as a bonus – only lasted less than a year when he resigned on April 1, 2024. Extremely upset, he threw tantrums after dropped from becoming a candidate in Selangor in the six state polls on Aug 12, 2023, despite earlier speculation of him leading Barisan Nasional’s charge.
That explains why Zafrul wanted to jump ship to PKR – because Anwar promises either a safe parliamentary seat or a state seat for him. So, the man with the royal blood is guaranteed a ministerial portfolio or Selangor Chief Minister post. Current Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari, who has just won the PKR vice presidency, is expected to swap job title with Zafrul.
However, the weak leadership of Zahid has failed to stop other UMNO leaders from sparking a war with PKR. From accusing Anwar leadership of unethically poaching a member from another ally to threatening to retaliate in response to PKR’s betrayal, Anwar’s initial plan to topple his own deputy appears to have backfired with a much bigger self-inflicted problem.
UMNO Youth Chief Akmal Saleh has called for Zafrul to resign from the Cabinet. Meanwhile, the party’s supreme council member Puad Zarkashi warned that accepting Zafrul into PKR without proper consultation could erode trust between the parties and damage grassroots support for the unity government. “If this is allowed to continue, more betrayals will happen,” – Puad warned UMNO top leadership.
In truth, Zafrul’s defection has long been anticipated by both UMNO and PKR. But both parties have been kicking the can down the road as the indecisive Anwar and weak Zahid refused to confront the issue – till Rafizi strategically resigned and forced Anwar’s hand. UMNO has very little respect for empty vessel Zafrul, who failed to win the Kuala Selangor parliamentary seat in the Nov 2022 General Election.
The real reason why some UMNO leaders were up in arms is because they will lose face for losing Zafrul to PKR, rather than losing a talent. As the Malay nationalist party desperately tries to return to its past glory, allowing one of its Malay elites like Zafrul to quit without any punishment would set a bad precedent. What if a dozen of its MPs jump ship to PKR later?
Already running out of talents and trustworthy leaders, UMNO was also terrified that its effort to win back Malay voters who had abandoned the party since the May 2018 General Election’s humiliating defeat would be affected. If UMNO is seen as kowtow to PKR, the Malays would rather vote for PKR or opposition Perikatan Nasional, sending UMNO to oblivion.
Either way, a major Cabinet reshuffle is inevitable thanks to Anwar’s miscalculation. Zafrul’s announcement to quit UMNO was to test the water. But based on the feedback from certain UMNO faction, the alliance between Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan could be in trouble before the next 16th General Election if Anwar makes more dumb mistakes.
Already, lobbying for Cabinet posts have started within Anwar’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat with money changing hands. Rafizi, enjoying popcorn, has warned that accepting Zafrul will open the floodgate for party-hopping, and could lead to a premature end of the current Unity Government. Of course, Anwar should not listen to his former deputy. After all, what could possibly go wrong with recruiting top talent Zafrul.
Source : Finance Twitter
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Malaysians politically suckered for more than 20 years
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Malaysians politically suckered for more than 20 years
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29, 2025: Reformasi (Reformation) PKR is now Reformati (Dead Reformation) PKR, and it’s no thanks to party president Anwar Ibrahim.
Malaysians have been politicakky suckered by Anwar.To Anwar, getting rid of reformists from PKR’s central leadership is Reformasi.
Not fulfilling his election promises of reforms for rakyat dan negara (people and country) is Anwar’s skewered Reformasi.
In short, the “Abim and Umno DNAS” in Anwar is too overwhelming for him to discard the politiucs of nepotism/cronyism and patronage ala Umno-style.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a posting found on Facebook titled RAFIZI RESIGNS. NIK NAZMI FOLLOWS; THE BIG QUESTION: WHAT IS THE EFFECT ON ALL OF US?
Well said
Hisham Badrul Hashim Spice is 
feeling amused.
RAFIZI RESIGNS. NIK NAZMI FOLLOWS.
: THE BIG QUESTION: WHAT IS THE EFFECT ON ALL OF US?
A Musing in the Spirit of Growing Up Eating Nasi Kandar While Contemplating the Melancholy of Political Theatre
There I was.
Sitting on my kitchen floor.
It was 3:27 in the afternoon. The kettle had boiled but I hadn’t made the tea.
Outside, a cat was licking its tail like it had just read a resignation letter and couldn’t be bothered anymore.
And that’s when the news broke.
Rafizi out.
Nik Nazmi out.
The rest of us?
Still in. Trapped in the Netflix loop of Malaysian politics. Press play. Watch the plot twist. Fall asleep halfway.
To those pretending to be shocked, please—do us all a favour.
Unclench your jaw.
This was more expected than a Selangor thunderstorm in December.
Rafizi Ramli, or Raf of MCKK C94, the whiz-kid of numbers, the man who once turned data into drama.
Nik Nazmi, or Budu of MCKK C99, the golden boy of progressive thought, who looks like he meditates to Coldplay and reads Al-Ghazali with scented candles.
And now?
Gone.
Like your diet resolutions by the second week of January.
But here’s the kicker: they actually resigned.
Let that sink in.
Because in Malaysia, resigning after losing is as rare as a functioning escalator in a government building.
I know what you’re thinking.
“But why, with an unhealthy fixation on symbolism and curry puffs… so why should we care?”
Because this isn’t about two guys walking offstage.
It’s about what’s left behind.
You see, when thinkers resign, what you’re left with is not just a vacuum.
You’re left with a karaoke machine full of out-of-tune singers fighting over the mic.
Let’s be honest.
The country didn’t just lose two politicians.
It lost two young bright Malay College boys who, for all their quirks and ideological graph-charts, had one thing the others lack:
Shame.
The kind of shame that whispers, “Hey, you lost. Leave.”
Compare that to your usual political dinosaurs who lose elections, credibility, and half their voter base—but still cling to their chairs like they’re made of gold and lemang.
And now everyone’s whispering the same thing in kopitiams across Bangi, Bagan Datuk, and Bukit Tunku:
“So… what happens now?”
Ah yes.
The Political Lethargy.
I felt it last night while eating Maggi Kari.
That hollow, listless hum in the air.
Like an orchestra warming up with no conductor in sight.
The violins screech.
The trumpets don’t even try.
Because when Rafizi took his long leave in 2021, the campaign trail went cold.
No memes.
No data dives.
No cheeky one-liners on Twitter that made you feel slightly smarter for knowing him.
Now?
It’s déjà vu with extra yawns.
The generals are silent.
The foot soldiers are confused.
And somewhere in Putrajaya, a Senior Political Secretary is adjusting his tie, wondering if it’s even worth it anymore.
But let’s not pretend it’s just about personalities.
The machinery, the narrative, the pulse of the movement—
it’s all running on auto-pilot and expired Milo ais.
And yet, someone will still say:
“It’s okay, bro. We still have a team.”
A team?
A team of what?
Glorified LinkedIn profiles?
Conference room philosophers?
People who think a press release is policy and a slogan is strategy?
No.
You don’t have a team.
You have a WhatsApp group that hasn’t replied since Merdeka.
So what now?
What is the effect on all of us?
Let me answer with brutal clarity:
• You will get the same reheated manifestos.
• You will see more clueless MPs discussing TikTok bans instead of climate policy.
• You will hear more about “optics” than outcomes.
And in the quiet corners of kampung houses, in pasar tani stalls and KL traffic jams, you’ll feel the one thing a government should never allow its people to feel:
Disillusionment.
So here’s my toast, raised not with wine but with lukewarm teh tarik:
To Rafizi and Nik Nazmi,
For walking away when others wouldn’t even crawl.
For showing that reform is not a campaign word, but a character test.
And for reminding us all that sometimes,
leaving is the most honorable thing one can do—especially when staying means compromising who you are.
So much for Reformasi, indeed.
But perhaps, if we’re lucky,
so much more yet to come—
from the shadows of those who still remember why it began.
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