All about Taib

Its more  than two years since my last posting .Its a shame when there is so much that could have been written over the last two years  Indeed those were the times when our national history was in the making .Over the same period we also went through the 13th GE where we saw for the first time in our history the emergence of a new power source in the form of a united opposition .Anwar Ibrahim will go down in history as a controversial politician respected by all , a man feared by his opponents and loved by his supporters for being able to do the impossible .In the 70s and 80s who ever could think that PAS and DAP ,two distinct contrasting ideologies could come together to wage war against a common enemy .Anwar has built the foundation of a multiracial political platform that is acceptable and workable within the confines of the social and cultural diversity that exists in unique Malaysia . What Anwar did and is currently doing in the Malaysia political arena will continue to astound all .
                         In my latest post on Sarawak I said that Taib Mahmood will not find it easy to hand over the reign of his office when the time comes for him to do so .I said then that Sarawak since  the day it joined Malaysia in 1963 had always been a land of the "theatrics ". It is a land that is unreal where what you see are not what they actually are . I said that democracy in Sarawak is a freak because the majority does not rule . I said it is only a matter of time that the majority that is the Ibans and their brother natives will take over the task of governing the state . And when that happens it will not be without turbulence  I see that  things are happening right now . Taib's successor singlehandedly chosen by Taib himself is already in a disputed position where the rhetoric's of democracy does not seem to apply . Being a Melanau he does not represent the majority of the PBB party where the native Ibans and others form the main bulk of the two party coalition that has ruled Sarawak for the last three decades .He is not the most senior member of the Bumiputera party either . .One cannot find the rationale for his appointment except that he is a puppet of Taib who want his influence to continue in Sarawak .Already ,there are heated questions asked for the reasons that Alfred Jabu the Dy Chief Minister not being appointed or for that matter why someone deserving from  Pesaka not being considered .It is more than logical that a member of Pesaka be given its due turn now .For  Taib   ,Adenan's appointment as the chief minister is all about saving and protecting himself from his thirty years of wrong doings .