Strictly there’s no resignation as she leaves when the term of her senatorship ends. The implication of her “sacrifice” is that she has notified 1 month in advance that she’s prepared for Ah Jib Gor not re-nominating her as senator when the present tenure ends implying that he will otherwise renew her re-appointment as senator if she has not given notice or what? We’ll never know. Ah Jib Gor said that the issue with regard to the NFC case was her position as a minister in the cabinet – not party position as head of Wanita movement where she continues to lead for the GE. So is he saying that whilst she is by reason of NFC controversy not appropriate and good enough for a senatorship/ministerial position to be continued in light of the imminent GE, but she is however a winnable candidate for the GE???? What is the rationale or such a distinction and compromise of “Going but Staying” to borrow the words from The Star’s front page headline? Does this mean that “the going” is a trade off and deflection of public pressure of expecting the authorities to takle action based on police’s recommendation of CBT charge and that if Wanita performs well in next GE she is fit to be reappointed again as senator and minister later?

So we’re not sure if she has indeed resigned for PM to talk about sacrifice. She merely said she would step down as the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development at the end of her term as senator in 1 months time which is by convention a normal event unless the PM procures the re-activation of her senatorship by another term. Which leaves open what happens if hypothetically for reasons unexpected her senator term were re-activated? Does it mean that she could again accept a minister post that goes with it? She has deftly put the ONUS/responsibility/issue of her departure from cabinet or continuance or non continuance of senator position (comes its term end in a months time) on Ah Jib Gor’s lap – as if to say, “you decide in a month’s time but if you exercise the discretion/prerogative (as expected and based on your cues perceived by me) not to renew the senator cum ministerial term, I am giving the advance notice here that I will be resigning the ministerial position… As far as party (as distinct from senator/cabinet position), it is my and my party wing’s call (not yours) – so I am continuing…” So what’s exactly the ‘sacrifice’? She is actually telling the No.1 that she is aware of the cues, that her notice paves the way for his decision – if he takes it- to end the senatorship/minister’s post. It becomes still his decision – not hers (voluntarily)!

I didn’t expect this – they are charging NFC’s executives in court. This got ‘go ahead’ from Ah Jib Kor to show Shahrizat’s notice of resignation entails no trade off – or something AG dept initiates in light of Malaysiakini’s latest disclosures???

Something is very wrong here. Don’t think our lady will be happy – of how ‘I help you you help me’ can ever lead one day later to “I help you but you didn’t help me back. Kena whacked instead! – and what happens after that? PR will continue to have its fodder.