For a motion of no confidence to succeed in this case it would need bipartisan support. Is Pakatan confident that it has enough bipartisan support to succeed?

I agree with you on the above statement. If the no confidence motion is just a symbolic thing, then it would be best not to have it at all.

Most of us would actually want to see something more concrete from Pakatan than just the words and promises.

with all the police in full gear and assault weapons toying around,
some day some innocent civilian will be mistakenly shot at n mati katak

All of these events have been successful in burying the issue on the indelible ink…up to now, no proof for cause to cancel the use of the ink. Where are the illegal importers of the ink?

What the BN is implying is that the rakyat is dumb & barbarians only know how to protest-protest only. We know better than that & who are the real barbarian-minds.

We got better things to do. Make more road blocks & all the tourists to our lovely country will never come back.

Imagine, after driving for over 3-4 hours on North-South highway & getting stuck in a no-reason traffic jam for over 1 hour covering only 1-2km. All for the sake of protecting the powers that be. This is pea-brain action. What is BN afraid of? The rakyat or PR, or both? Not to mention all the fuel wasted & pollution caused by this moronic action. IF there were any rally or protest, it will be centralised in one area…not the entire city. As RPK said “Bodoh”. At least traffic will still be normal. This is not the 1st time.

The PDRM can put up those ‘baywatch’ style towers to observe traffic during festive seasons…why can’t they do the same here. Instead of putting priority into catching mat rempits, snatch thieves, etc – PDRM is only interested in protecting the VIPs (Very Idiotic Politicians). Innocent rakyat getting robbed, raped, etc is not high on the agenda of the BN gov but only to safeguard their political power is. A sodomy case is now the highest priority – using all up available resources. The sodomy case seem to work faster than any other high profile & more important to nation cases too! Wonder why? Many people are baffled how our legal system works & how cases are categorised for priority. Sodomy case must be on top of all others, even if it bankrupt the nation.

Suggest all those who suffered due to the traffic jams caused by the road-blocks file a class action suit. This is especially those who needed to rush to hospital. Imagine someone just suffered a heart attack or stroke & died due to the jam coz couldn’t get to the hospital in time. Not to mention, tourist that just arrived from KLIA – tired & all – looking forward to the city, checking into comfortable hotel…but caught in a jam. What a way to welcome guests to the country.

I believe investor confidence has been adversely affected by events for some time now – culminating in the ‘08 GE. Any challenges to the status quo necessarily bring with them some political instability and investors do not like political instability because of the economic uncertainty involved and the increased exposure to their capital which ‘change’ brings. The political opposition filing a no-confidence motion against the PM in Parliament is a symptom of that ‘change’. It has already been factored into their calculations.

The longer the crisis of leadership within UMNO continues, the worse it gets.

In a developed country, the mere mention of a scandal involving a Minister is enough to make that Minister want to step down or be made to step down because of the media attention and the distraction involved in refuting allegations which have nothing to do with the business of government. But, of course, Malaysia is a third world country and could not be compared to others in the developed world – and what’s more it is living up to its name!

The fact that an issue as important as a no-confidence motion against a sitting Prime Minister has to be mentioned in the same breath as traffic jams merely adds to the confusion.

Have we not made enough mockery of our system of government?

I don’t want the rakyat to lose faith in PR because there are no viable alternative right now. So please, be focused and think through the strategies. If PR can’t act strategically and coherently as an opposition, how can it do the same when it takes the helm of the Federal Government. If BN play dirty and indulge in unnecessary politicking, PR needs not do the same. BN is not our teacher. Don’t do stuff that gives the excuse to BN to create inconvenience to the rakyat.