NSTopinion: The rough and tumble of politics may be played out in hotel ballrooms or, sometimes, out in the streets, but in the end, the final call will be made in the DewanRakyat. Failing which, a fresh general election may be called. Agong TunM
Back then, the brewing political histrionics that began as a family feud between then Sarawak chief minister, Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud, and his uncle-predecessor, the late Tun Abdul Rahman Ya’kub, rumbled into a crescendo as a group of 28 state assemblymen gathered at the then Ming Court Hotel in Kuala Lumpur to demand the resignation of the chief minister.
Just as the fount of political harmony in the country is a sense of calm among the majority Malay populace, fruitful interactions between the state and federal governments can happen only with functioning governments at both levels. Perhaps among the wisest counsel came from political analyst Dr Jayum Jawan Empaling: “Strategically, wisdom tells us that supporting a faction in need means one’s value in political negotiation is enhanced. In troubled times, remaining neutral is not an option.”
Professor James Chin of University of Tasmania in Australia said Abang Johari’s job “is on the line”. The chief minister is girding to face his first electoral test, and all the political noise within and without the state is something he does not need at this stage. But, of course, it cannot be wished away.
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