first pakatan rally after election

i blog about anwar in penang for a rally but i neglect to mention that apart from him, there were also 3 other ‘leaders’. it was the ‘malam pemimpin bersama rakyat’ rally (leaders meet the people) and the other leaders present were father and son, DAP lim kit siang and lim guan eng and PAS’s mat sabu.

malaysiakini reported the crowd at the city stadium that sunday came close to 30,000. don’t know if it was reported in the MSM as though, having access to the star and the sun, i have not read them yet… except glance at the front page… and of course it did not appear at the front page. well, it it was a rally by BN, only then it will appeared on front page.

ok, so what was it that anwar talked about at the rally? ‘MCA MP will defect to pakatan’ – so said anwar, as according to the headline in malaysiakini. oops. he did not said that at the rally but at the opening ceremony of a service centre set up by my constituent MP, sim tze tzin. (my previous post i had mentioned about this centre). however, at the rally, he did mentioned something similiar.

“It’s about time that we take over. It’s only a matter of time for us to take over. We are so close to Putrajaya,” he said to roars from some 30,000 people.

“It’s very soon. I will not say how (soon). But it will happen soon.”

He stressed that defecting MPs would have to accept the Pakatan tenets of good governance.

and again, he claimed:

“I can guarantee you all today that if Pakatan Rakyat were to form the federal government today, we will bring down the oil price tomorrow,”

hmm… really? but according to a writer, joe fernandez, this is anwar’s false promise.

oh you can read about the rally at anil netto’s blog too, where he attended the rally.

here is the full post from malaysiakini (photo here taken from malaysiakin too).

PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has dropped the clearest hint yet of impending crossovers to Pakatan Rakyat.

“I can safely say that several MCA MPs will join us soon,” he told journalists yesterday, after opening a service centre in Bayan Baru, Penang.

However, as with previous assertions of the same variety, that was all he was prepared to reveal.

Anwar has been keeping the public on tenterhooks since the general election on March 8, with repeated claims of crossovers by Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentarians, especially those in Sabah.

He said that discreet meetings have been held in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore, to avoid scrutiny, and that “even a cabinet minister met me”.

At a rally held last night in City Stadium, George Town, the former deputy premier worked up the crowd with similar promises.

“It’s about time that we take over. It’s only a matter of time for us to take over. We are so close to Putrajaya,” he said to roars from some 30,000 people.

“It’s very soon. I will not say how (soon). But it will happen soon.”

He stressed that defecting MPs would have to accept the Pakatan tenets of good governance.

He said that discreet meetings have been held in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore, to avoid scrutiny, and that “even a cabinet minister met me”.

At a rally held last night in City Stadium, George Town, the former deputy premier worked up the crowd with similar promises.

“It’s about time that we take over. It’s only a matter of time for us to take over. We are so close to Putrajaya,” he said to roars from some 30,000 people.

“It’s very soon. I will not say how (soon). But it will happen soon.”

He stressed that defecting MPs would have to accept the Pakatan tenets of good governance.

Anwar said the BN government is still in a state of denial over the electoral debacle and that it has remained arrogant.

It has further betrayed the people’s trust with an unreasonable and inhumane fuel price hike, he said, although it has contributed to this through economic and financial mismanagement.

Anwar also wondered aloud as to why BN partners are supporting Umno’s weak political leadership and wrongdoing.

Saying that BN has run out of ideas in overcoming inflation, he said only Pakatan could save the country.

“Let’s join force to topple this irresponsible and arrogant government. If enough numbers support us (in Parliament), we will form the next government. The people of Penang must lead others in backing us for change to a better life,” said Anwar.

Hinting that Abdullah could dissolve Parliament in a sudden move to “save his skin”, he cautioned Pakatan leaders and members to be ready for a snap election.

“We must fight to win till the end,” he said.