It could have been a dream come through: Wan Azizah: the first female PM of Malaysia.

A woman AND a clean person not "mudslinged" by sodomy nor murder allegations nor having a son in law who suddenly becomes big in Scomi…

Also imagine the image and message that could have been sent to the Islamic crusaders in the west:

a woman ‘wearing a veil’ makes it all the way on top in a peaceful Islamic state.

Don’t get me wrong here: I am talking about "image". A veil in the eyes of a westerner in the street is still linked with the burka’s worn in Afghanistan, therefore connoted to extremism and terror…

And when people get jailed before proven innocent like Anwar Ibrahim a few weeks ago, I can imagine that people don’t give much of a damn about what westerners think about their image…

But the dream is back in the drawer

No need to speculate about what could have been.

Wan Azizah today resigned as member of parliament for the seat but will retain her post as PKR president.

Anyway, the democratic process in Malaysia is much different from what we are used to in Europe, so we do understand that PKR runs like a train in stead of gluing persons to seats in parliament.

I mean: this is a clear move in favour of what the party PKR stands for or fights for.

A very different strategy than UMNO’s. UMNO members keep on saying they put all their trust in their leader, when at the same time elections clearly showed the rakyat has a complete different opinion …

Technorati Tags Anwar Ibrahim, wan azizah

Unfortunately we are not talking about edible rice, but about Condoleezza Rice asking the Malaysian Government for more transparency in the Anwar sodomy case:

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today urged Malaysia to ensure a "transparent" investigation into sex misconduct allegations against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Great idea but limited…

Great in the sense that Malaysia is yearning for the transparency Abdullah Badawi promised Malaysia in his previous election campaign.

But limited… Why should we limit transparency only to the Anwar case or to the Malaysian government in general?

Why can’t we get some US transparency like:

• why US had to topple Saddam Hussein this time and not the last time during Bush senior?
   
• why lots of Iraqi soldiers come from the lower class in the US?
   
• what US is doing in Afghanistan, knowing:
   
• that’s the place to be to control opium produce worldwide
   
• that US is the biggest consumer of opium based heroine
   

Transparency for all would be great for the people so they can vote with wisdom in stead of voting out of sentiment

Technorati Tags abdullah, abdullah badawi, afghanistan, Anwar, Anwar Ibrahim, badawi, condoleezza rice, iraq, Malaysia, malaysian government, Saddam Hussein, sodomy, transparency

It comes as no surprise that Karpal Singh’s application was rejected by the Shah Alam High Court. According to the high court it is not necessary to have the deputy premier as a witness in the Altantuya murder trial. What’s of course more important is the reason given.

The funny twist is the reason given at the 15.00h news on my radio:

Only those involved in the case can ask for a testimony.

 

You get the joke right? Statistically the people involved in a case are:

• the victims
• the villains

And in a murder case, the victim is dead. Luckily they didn’t say that only the victims can call others in court…

Anyway, seems the radio found out that something should have been explained a bit better, so at 16.00h on my radio:

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That’s right: no reason given anymore. Accurate for sure, but it would be nice to get some more in depth information.

Technorati Tags karpal singh, murder trial, radio, shah alam, surprise, witness