Could Wan Azizah be our first woman PM?

'Let us have for once an angel as the prime minister as we have been having questionable characters heading the government.'


Wan Azizah may rejoin the fray, if need be

Mike_3dcd: Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is civility and grace personified. Could she be the next PM, that is, our first female PM, like our neighbour up north in the event that Anwar Ibrahim is not allowed to?

Outerspace: Wan Azizah, it is indeed pleasant to hear that you might join in the fray if PM Najib Razak succeeds in sending Anwar to prison. Let us have for once an angel as the prime minister as we have been having questionable characters heading the government.

One brain cell: The beautiful, brainy and noble women in Anwar's life are the best indicator that our political reality will dramatically improve with such fine people at the helm - after generations of pirates and parasites.

Alan Goh: A rose by any name is still a rose. The sweet fragrance of the rose is felt far and wide. Kak Wan, you smell like a rose to the millions of honest, rational, and 'Bersih' Malaysians, and what more, someone dressed in the most simple manner, unlike a certain mama...

Dr Jacob George: I have nothing but great admiration and respect for Wan Azizah. A loving and dedicated daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and stateswoman.

Anonymous_418f: There are many capable leaders in Pakatan Rakyat; it is actually easy to replace Najib with his flip flops, DPM Muhyiddin Yassin with his 1Melayu, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein with his Bersih and EO6 follies... They can't be more incompetent than these guys.

Quigonbond: The most important thing now is to win Putrajaya. With sufficient wisdom, the three parties will sort out who should hold ministerial posts.

My personal belief is that Malaysians are far more mature than BN gives them credit for. Consider India, at one point commentators were wondering if the Congress Party was committing political suicide by making Manmohan Singh the PM. Look where they are now; India is fine.

We too will be, whether it be an Indian or a Chinese or a Malay being PM. I don't think Anwar should quit. He is bearing the brunt of BN machinations, yet has remained fairly resilient. Remove him from the hot seat and BN will just pick the next biggest victim. Also, if he quits, the perception will be that he is guilty.

Docs: I would like to say the best thing that Umno could do to boost PKR's popularity would be to put Anwar behind bars for Sodomy II.

Ex-deputy minister fears gov't 'scorched earth' policy

Anonymous: First off, we have another serious accusation with no apparent evidence. It may very well be true, but without tangible proof, this is simply hearsay.

That said, any party that maliciously destroys government property - which is also the property of the rakyat - should be charged with treason and/or crimes against national security.

Such a heinous act should cause the very existence of that political party to cease permanently.

Disgusted: To the sceptics, what do you say to what happened to Selangor when Pakatan first tried to enter the state secretariat building after they were declared winners in the last election?

The police cordoned the area off and only allowed outgoing MB Dr Mohd Khir Toyo and Selangor's previous exco and staff to be there for almost a week to shred all evidence of corruption.

When Pakatan finally took their place in office, the whole system was in disarray and it took some time for them to find their footing. Evidence for lot of things done by the previous BN government corruptly has been taken away or destroyed.

The same thing happened in Penang. Lim Guan Eng's government took over empty cupboards and computer hard disks devoid of any information on previous government dealings and workings.

There is precedence of it happening; it is not a wild accusation.

Laurits: Not only is it possible but very likely that they will do this. In 2008, they lost Selangor unexpectedly and had no choice but to destroy the documents.

Remember just weeks ago, one minister was showing interest to engage hackers on the pretext of wanting to know more about them? Who knows if that is what their real intention is.

This country has been ruled by a single party for too long that they have taken it as their own property, and that is why they have become marauders. The opposition party ought to take care of this possibility and have either contingency plans or have means to stop such unscrupulous plans by these thugs.

Ferdtan: It had happened before in Selangor after the last general election, so it is not so preposterous to believe that it cannot happen again.

The reason PKR supreme council member Tan Kee Kwong raised this matter is a politically strategic move. It is pre-empting the possible potential move by BN, should they lose the governing power.

This is to tell them, "Don't do it - we are watching". In politics, you have to be one step ahead of your opponent.

Dood Pakatan must be smart and take proactive preventive measures to ensure that no potential piece of evidence can be destroyed by outgoing BN leaders if they lose in the elections. What happened last time in Selangor must not be allowed to happen again.

Shabaruddin: How come nobody was ever charged for destroying the Selangor state documents? Or am I asking too much to hope that the boys-in-blue or the Attorney-General's Chambers would even take on this task?

Rick Teo: The time for reckoning of all corrupt BN leaders is fast approaching. When Pakatan takes over Putrajaya, the first thing to do is to put all BN leaders in jail for all their corrupt practices before they can make their exit from the country.

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