The dilemma of PAS is that there are two factions in the party. Kelantan PAS leaders want Anwar Ibrahim to be Prime Minister if Pakatan were to win the next General Elections schedule for year 2013.
Whereas PAS leaders from outside Kelantan want their own President, Hadi Awang ,and not Anwar, to be the PM of the Pakatan Rakyat government.
So the talks on unity government between PAS and UMNO was not really the issue. The real issue is whether Anwar Ibrahim or Hadi Awang should be the PM if Pakatan wins majority in Parliament.
In the case DAP it is more than willing, for obvious reasons, to accept Anwar as PM. But Anwar is facing charges of homosexuality in the courts and the case is coming up. If Anwar is convicted there will be serious political implications to Pakatan. There is no other leader as charismatic in PKR like Anwar. Wan Azizah is known to be a weak leader. Azmin is still considered too young unless tomorrow suddenly Anwar makes him the MB of Selangor. Then he will have some track record to speak of.
The big question facing DAP is that will they accept Hadi Awang as PM? Logically they should because any goverment in Malaysia should be Malay based in order to be legitimate and stable. This is because Malays make up 60% of the population.
Meanwhile in PKR there are many problems facing the party. A lot of peoples who have contributed one way or another since during the Reformasi days were sidelined. People Ezam, Nallakarupan, Zainab in Penang , Christina Liew in Sabah were pushed aside in favour of certain Anwar's blue-eyed boys.
During reformasi days Ezam and Nallakaruppan had been arrested under ISA and had to suffer a lot both physically and pychologically due to their association and loyalty to Anwar. But once Anwar was released they felt the indignity of being pushed away from centre positions. Only certain people are being taken care of by Anwar and remain in his inner circles.
The latest bombshells were the resignation of Jeffrey Kitingan as Vice President of PKR and Christina Liew as PKR Supreme Council member. Christina was quoted as saying that her past contributions to PKR were not appreciated by current leaders in PKR. This was also the contention of Ezam, Nallakaruppan and Zainab from Penang.
This says much about the Machiavellian nature of the top leadership in PKR.
Then Badrul Hisham left PKR and becomes a BN friendly State Assemblyman of Pelabuhan Kelang in the Selangor State Assembly. What more is to come? Wait and see. The drama is not over yet.
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