Until RPK expressly repudiates what The Star reported, it is, at this moment, very possible he said it for 2 reasons: (1) though Maintream Media could skew & spin, fabricating something important like this (that can easily be checked and refuted) out of entirely nothing is also not that likely; (2) The Star Report has been uplifted to RPK’s Website Malaysia Today.net under column “Latest Updates” without contradiction and repudiation, so far.

Under “No Holds Barred” in Malaysia Today.net under the title “What More To Say” [Saturday, 07 February 2009 15:32], RPK commented about the Perak State govt loss in these terms (I quote):

“As you can see, I have already said what I wanted to say. There is nothing more I can add about an event that is already a fait accompli. Nasi sudah jadi bubur, as the Malays would say.

About a week ago, a few of us sat down to discuss the impending collapse of the Perak government. It was suggested we speak to the Pakatan Rakyat leaders, which we did. Our recommendation was that they dissolve the Perak State Assembly and hold fresh state elections while Pakatan Rakyat still has the majority in the Assembly. Once Pakatan Rakyat has lost that majority it will be too late. No way will the Sultan agree to the request to dissolve the Perak State Assembly once you no longer command the majority in the Assembly.

But the Pakatan Rakyat leaders would not listen. They still have things under control, they remarked. We did not think so and we told them this. But who are we to ‘teach grandmothers how to suck eggs’, as Malaysians would say? If we are so smart then how come they, and not us, are the party leaders. We would be sitting in their chairs, instead, if we are cleverer than them. Politicians do not think much of you if you do not hold any party positions. They only respect those who hold positions in political parties and government, not those outside mainstream politics.

Everyone is an expert on hindsight. Only good leaders have foresight. And our leaders lack just that, foresight. They are very clever when it comes to reacting to situations. But they know nothing about pre-empting. Why react, especially when it is too late? You must be able to pre-empt before it is too late to do anything. This is what our leaders lack, the skill to pre-empt.” (Unquote).

This is an indication of the drift of his thoughts on this matter.

Not surpisingly he would engage Gobind Singh Deo – Karpal Singh’s son – to defend him in his Sedition trial. It would be interesting to follow the trial and see what hattrick he would pull using the court as a public forum for his “expose” on how to send Altantuya’s Murderers to Hell!

Opposition Leaders whom he criticised should not have their attention “diverted” by small and side issue of what RPK criticised about them – we all know RPK and his style – no matter how much the other side would want to capitalise and play up this issue.

This is because the bigger drama is unfolding in RPK’s trial.

It would pay the Opposition leaders whom he criticised to follow the proceedings and the revelations that come from these closely.

They make good political fodder for use that might well bring down or at least drive a wedge within the ruling coalition faster than Anwar’s back firing political defections scheme!

You should keep steady focus on the bigger issue ie this “potential” than be so easily be distracted by smaller issue/red herring of whatever criticisms RPK’s mouth shot out, criticising PR’s leadership.

If Opposition espouses freedom of speech then just let RPK says what he wants to say. No want can stop him anyway.

For the moment one gets distressed and argues that RPK is talking nonsense – in the sense that if all 3 top leaders of PR now resign, the PR’s cause will crumble – one is indirecly vindicating at the same time the truth of what RPK says/criticises about PR’s main weakness: no one has been groomed or identified to carry the Malaysian Cause if for any reason its defacto head Anwar Ibrahim exits the scene!

That makes it pretty simple for the BN to concentrate on this main fault line within the PR’s political plate : attack and make fall Anwar, and PR will come a part.

BN is different : Pak Lah goes, there is Najib, after Najib, there is Muhyiddin, and then Mike Tyson and maybe Ku Li, all lining up.

In the case of PR, who have you got after Anwar? Nobody!

Which means if Anwar exits, falls etc or whatever suffers whatever mishaps, who is going to hold PKR, DAP & PAS together?

Which further means if Anwar is “indispensable” in this sense he will be given a lot of leeway/room/accommodation to do things (which may be wrong or even counterproductive against PR’s longer term interest) and yet no one could do anything.

This is where the PR’s weakness lies; this is where RPK hits!