Mahathir Is The Master-Strategist And Politician-Extraordinaire Unmatched By Anyone. All his political foes, enemies and opposition surrender, pleads and bow to him - PAS, Najib, Zahid, Anwar, DAP, LGE, Hadi...
You can say whatever you like about Mahathir, but one thing you will have to admit, though, is that he will go down in history as the master-strategist and politician-extraordinaire, never before matched by anyone. Love him or hate him, you certainly have to admire his political acumen.
Tun M is the most legendary politician Malaysia has ever seen.
How 93-Year-Old Mahathir Brilliantly Controls A 222-Seat Government With Only 13 Seats – Mahathir Easily Checkmated Anwar & Slaughter UMNO
Anwar Plays Poker While Mahathir Plays Chess
The older the ginger, the spicier it gets – goes a very popular Chinese idiom. It means the older a person becomes, the wiser the person gets. When Mahathir Mohamad led the opposition coalition, Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope), to a stunning victory in the May 9th general election, the world was shocked and impressed with the emergence of the world’s oldest prime minister.
This is not the first time the grand old man walks the corridors of power. He had enjoyed and tasted the power before – as prime minister for 22 years from 1981 to 2003. But to return to his old job after retired for 15 years is particularly satisfying for him. From a dictator, Mr. Mahathir suddenly becomes a very popular saviour who successfully defeated the evil and corrupt (former) PM Najib Razak.
Heck, he has become so popular that there were concerns the 93-year-old man would be pressured to continue his premiership for as long as he likes, nullifying the agreement to hand over the most powerful job after 2 years to Anwar Ibrahim, his protégé-turned-nemesis-turned-ally.
Mahathir easily checkmated Anwar, pampered PKR Deputy President Azmin Ali with a very powerful portfolio – a specially created Minister of Economic Affairs. The divide and conquer tactic has essentially split PKR into half. To ensure DAP and ethnic Chinese loyalty to his premiership, Mahathir rewarded them with 6 ministers, including the powerful Minister of Finance.
After ensuring stability and no rebellion within the Pakatan Harapan ruling coalition, Mahathir proceeded to break up the opposition Barisan Nasional coalition. Out of 79 parliamentary seats initially won by the old regime, UMNO alone had in its possession 54 seats. Like a skillful sushi chef, Mahathir skinned Barisan’s so-called fixed-deposit Sarawak Barisan Nasional.
About a month after its humiliating defeat, the extremely corrupt Barisan was shocked when it lost 19 parliamentary seats in June. All the Sarawak parties – PBB, SUPP, PRS, and PDP – abandoned the coalition. Including UPKO (1), PBS (1) and PBRS (1), the Barisan was reduced from 79 to 57.
UMNO plunged into disarray almost instantly. Its self-proclaimed 3-million members were running around like a headless chicken. From a mighty coalition of 13 component parties, the Barisan Nasional is now reduced to just 3 parties. With MCA and MIC holding 1 seat each (after MIC’s Cameron Highland was declared null and void), the coalition was reduced to 56 seats.
Mahathir, the former premier of Malaysia for 22 years (1981 to 2003), was the strategist who had outfoxed his enemies numerous times. He is still the cunning fox who would study details of his enemies. When everyone thought Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, who left UMNO political party and formed “Semangat 46”, would win the 1990 general election, Mahathir skilfully slaughtered him.
When then-Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim tried to challenge Mahathir in 1998, the Malaysian prime minister had again displayed his skillmanship. Mr Anwar was thrown into prison after he was convicted and given a 9-year prison sentence for sodomy. Amazingly, Mahathir and Anwar are now the tag-team determined to unseat PM Najib Razak from the throne.
Mr. Najib thought he was the smartest man on planet Earth when he instructed the RoS to ban Mahathir’s young party just a day before the parliament was dissolved. He is clueless even until this minute that Bersatu was nothing but a red-herring. The 93-year-old Mahathir deliberately setup Bersatu to lure Najib, who gladly swallowed the bait hook, line and sinker.
From the beginning, it has been Mahathir’s plan all along to leverage on PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat or People’s Justice Party) – NOT BERSATU – to contest in the 14th general election. You don’t need a rocket scientist to tell that PKR logo, founded in 1999, has a stronger branding and presence than Bersatu (Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia), which was established only in 2016.
Love him or hate him, like him or despise him, up to you. But we must accept the fact that this man is the greatest at his game. It’s like., You may not like Mike Tyson, you may not like Schumacher, you may not like Tiger Woods, but you got to admit they were the best at their league.
This is a man that achieved what many can only imagine and envy. You whack him from the front, you bang him from the back, you attack from the right, you hit from the left, he buat bodoh saja.
But when he makes his move……. Anwar has to concede “ok Tun we leave it to you to decide after APEC”. Guan Eng has to be a sitting duck. Heck, even UMNO PAS as opposition wants to file a motion to support the PM of the day. The first in history!
As the Malay saying goes- digerun kawan dan lawan.
By the way, he’s 95.
All his political foes , enemies and opponents surrender and bow to him- PAS , Najib , Zahid Hamidi , Anwar Ibrahim , DAP , Lim Guan Eng , Hadi Awang
How Mahathir Killed 3 Birds With One Stone : Out-Smarted Everyone & Out-Moved Everyone – Anwar , DAP & Amanah Checkmated
THE OLD MAN’S MASTER STROKE- HOW MAHATHIR KILLED THREE BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
ANWAR CHECKMATED
Tun M had the numbers in Parliament since mid-2019, but like in a game of poker, he didn’t show his hand. He was patient. Anwar thought he could call Tun’s bluff. So Anwar sent his goons around the country to keep the transition discussion alive, talked about the transition in every single country he went to, and even told Bloomberg the date is May 2020. Tun allowed that to gauge the support Anwar has. And clearly despite demonstration threats, we all know a repeat of 1998 is impossible. Now since Tun showed one of his cards, that is the bipartisan support from at least 130 MPs. The question Anwar has to answer to convince the public now whether he has more than Tun’s 130. Certainly Anwar can’t. So Tun won.
DAP & AMANAH GIVEN AN ULTIMATUM
DAP & Amanah thought that by supporting Anwar in the Presidential Council meeting, they would finally have a transition date for their PM candidate. That wasn’t the case. Anwar backtracked and DAP Amanah were left hanging to dry. Now both DAP and Amanah are in a dilemma. Should they be obedient to Tun or should they continue sabotaging Tun’s administration and risk returning as Opposition? This dilemma is especially for Lim Guan Eng who has been on Tun’s bad books since 2018. That is why he was not sent to negotiate the ECRL terms with China in 2018. Instead it was Daim who was sent. With the upcoming DAP polls this year end, it will be hard to Lim Guan Eng to maneuver. The same for Amanah who have near to zero clout among the Malays. Now both DAP and Amanah have no more bargaining chips. The only bargaining chip they had was the PH Presidential Council, but Tun’s bipartisan support of 130 MPs have outweighed that.
THE UMNO PAS OPPOSITION FACING SPLIT
In agreeing to side Tun, the UMNO and Pas opposition now cannot attack Tun and his policies because they will look stupid doing so. People will question why are they criticising PH’s PM when they already pledged support for him till the term ends. This helps Tun drive the Cabinet with more efficiency. He can waste lesser time entertaining the Opposition’s attacks. He can spend more time focusing on running the government. Also, one of the terms given to UMNO was that Najib will go to jail. This has resulted in a split within UMNO between the pro-Najib and those who want to cut off Najib. Realised Lokman Adam is very furious lately?
Whether you agree with Tun and his policies or not, that is not the issue here. And please let’s not be naive and talk about moral or whatever. Was Tun the the only one making moves? No. Anwar, DAP, Amanah, UMNO and Pas made their moves too. Was Tun the only one who played dirty? No. Anwar, DAP, Amanah, UMNO and Pas had their share.
The only difference is Anwar, DAP, Amanah, UMNO and Pas lost. Tun won. So like him or not, it must be admitted he is a above anyone else in his league. He out-smarted everyone and out-moved everyone.
Today is historic..malaysia embrace single party system..no oppositions.. and tonight atok is the most powerful man in the country.. not bad for a man who’s at the brink of no-confidence motion..
Now even without any political party ( Just Another Individual )
This comes after Tun resigned as PH’s PM.
Who could have ever imagined seeing DAP one day kneeling down begging Tun to come back? Anyone?
15 JAN 2020: TUN MUST SET A DATE NOW!
21 Feb 2020: PH Presidential Council meeting convened
23 Feb 2020: Tun showed the numbers with him
23 Feb 2020: Tun showed the numbers with him
24 FEB 2020: PLEASE COME BACK TUN!
Anwar
Everyday go see Tun M asked when to resign, then all of sudden plead Tun M not to.
Muhammad Sabu & AMANAH
21 Feb 2020: PH Presidential Council meeting convened
Mohamad responded (to Bersatu leaders who had allegedly threatened to quit PH) that we (Amanah) do not have any problem with that. For several years we have become the opposition… we were welcomed and supported by DAP,” the report had said. – 21 February 2020 ( but few days later …. )
