"The Godfather"

In Malaysia’s political landscape today, the man on the street like you and me only read what is reported in the main stream media and the alternative media to get an appreciation of what is currently going on in the political arena. What actually goes on behind the scene is not known to anyone. Even if it is, the info one gets even from reliable sources will be disjointed, very much like a jigsaw puzzle that has to be solved one by one.

Let us ponder over these questions relating to current political happenings. Some of these questions are already in our minds. Why is there a move to pass a vote of no confidence on Abdullah? Is the move really coming from the Opposition or from within UMNO itself. Where do Tun Mahathir and Tengku Razaleigh fit in the political jigsaw puzzle to remove Abdullah? And Najib has openly stated that he would not destroy UMNO which his father had built and he will remain loyal to UMNO and Pak Lah as his No 2. Where does he fit in as well? This is how I look at the entire scenario:

Anwar wants to become the Prime Minister. Before he can do that he has to “eliminate” Tun Mahathir, that is to say the Tun should not be a factor at all in his equation to become the next PM. Right now Tun Mahathir is THE stumbling block to Anwar and as long as Tun is around it is going to be hell for him. Why and how come? Don’t forget both were No.1 and No.2 at one time. Mahathir knows Anwar inside out and so is the reverse. In any case both are crooks of the highest order in the political sense. In fact by definition a politician is not a true politician if he is not a crook at the same time, so both of them fit in this bill very well. But what is most important, everyone should know is that, both of them had during their reign of power accumulated considerable FINANCIAL RESOURCES or simply stated huge sums of MONEY which is indispensable in to day’s political environment.

Look at Anwar, unless he has considerable financial resources, he cannot turn PKR to be as what it is today. No money means the party is just a dead duck. Where does such money come from? Or how was it obtained? This is not the place and time to discuss this. We shall reserve it for another posting. And the same for Mahathir. For 22 years as PM, his “SAVINGS” must be monumental, definitely more than enough may be to get every UMNO delegate to his side IF UMNO members still love or embrace MONEY POLITCS which they are now trying to disassociate! Don’t forget Tun Daim his sidekick as Minister of Finance. Daim owns banks all over the globe and had cash one billion stashed in one Bank in Singapore according to reliable private banking sources. Mahathir too is filthy rich and has to be RICHER than Daim unless Mahathir himself is too naïve to let Daim surpass him. But we don’t think so. The Tun too lives a life of luxury like sailing in the Mediterranean, in luxury yachts and staying in Ferragamo’s resort etc. His children too have houses in Vancouver and London just like his other cronies. Someone mentioned that Daim owns a castle in Europe where his boys used to meet. With their huge and almost unlimited FINANCIAL RESOURCES both can become real kingmakers!

Today, political power is synonymous with money power. This is political reality. Money will get you anything - POWER, POSITION, STATUS - you name it. So the man with the deepest pocket will call the shots. This FACTOR must be kept in mind all the time when analyzing to day’s political scenario. You can be scandalous, you can even be a murderer, but all these can be resolved in one way or the other in your favour through the power of MONEY. When you look at the basics, the political struggle for power be it by the BN, PKR or DAP and even PAS is to have Money and control over MONEY. Service to the Rakyat becomes secondary because if you don’t have money what services are we talking about.


For Anwar to realize his ambition, he needs help from Abdullah. Don’t forget Anwar was released from prison only after Abdullah became Prime Minister. So Abdullah has and can offer a lot to Anwar to REALISE his premiership dream. And since Abdullah has openly declared that he would pass on the baton to Najib at the right time, it is the more logical for Anwar to approach Pak Lah and really talk the terms with him. Pak Lah can make use of Anwar to silence Mahathir if he wants too, given Anwar’s precarious and vulnerable position vis a vis Mahathir. Anytime the Tun can spill the beans on Anwar, although Anwar too can do like wise on the Tun. After all both have in their possessions the necessary bullets to fire one another. The only question is who has the most number of bullets and who the sharper shooter is. You need to ponder on the answer. Remember when Anwar fled the political scene; he took with him “files” which according to the media reports then were stashed overseas only to be reopened when the time comes. The authenticity of this allegation of Anwar in possession of “vital secret” documents is a question mark. Anwar has to be careful to use it, lest he can be charged under the Official Secrets Act.

The Lingam tape exposure was Anwar’s first real salvo towards Mahathir. Powerful bullet indeed; but to date it does not shake the Tun that much. Yes he was hit but not at the vital part and who knows the Tun will survive the “shot”. After all he had survived many shots before including his second bypass and still going strong. Will Anwar fire his second bullet? The Tun has not fired at Anwar at all. What would be his game plan- to let Anwar finished his bullets? But remember Ezam, the man who rejoined UMNO. He was purportedly having in his custody many of the so called “secret files” that were hijacked when he and Anwar left the Treasury Building. Ezam must have taken away some of these bullets or already given some to his new boss Pak Lah by now. And Pak Lah can either use it to shoot Anwar or give it to someone else to do it for him. Tun Mahathir knows what bullets Anwar has all this time in his possession. So the Tun’s next move is quite unpredictable. And this we must expect because the man IS a very unpredictable person, even in his twilight years.

Coming back to Tun Mahathir/Anwar dichotomy, what can Anwar tell of the Tun that would really put him in a defenseless state? Will it be Tun’s abuse of power on FINANCIAL SCANDALS? As Finance Minister Anwar should know what was going on in all the controversial issues where MONEY is involved, like Perwaja, the National Car, Putrajaya, bailing out of companies owned by his friends and cronies, including his own son’s shipping company by Petronas as alleged by some people and all the MEGA PROJECTS associated with Tun. Hey its coming like HIGH NOON! May be it is! And if it comes thru, they just “kill” each other “politically” that is. Or some one who is more powerful will kill each of them one by one just like the film “Enam Jahanam” but in this case “Dua Jahanam” only. As for Tengku Razaleigh, his role is one of a Court Jester to put it mildly in the current political happenings. No dispute over his past contributions to the country especially to the Malays, but for Tengku Razaleigh to make a political comeback is just not on. He has past his times. He was a man of YESTERDAY and today not many UMNO Divisional Heads who are the delegates to the forthcoming UMNO Assembly in December know him!

Who is the GODFATHER? And will he make his move. You have to wait for my next round of exposure.