Finally, the Perak MB has been sworned into office.

This augurs well for our country.......aw.. yeap.. oh well, it's just the beginning.

One thing that surprises me though is that despite all the pre-sworning hoohaha, the previous "opposition" managed to quell public sentiment & sarcasm ( & at least one from a previous Minister) about how the new Government is going to operate when they cannot agree on the MB's position when there are just three coalition partners, compared with BN's 14.

LKS apologised to the Pemangku Raja Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah & even got an audience with Raja Dr Nazrin. Incidently, Penangites should be proud to know that Raja Dr Nazrin was born in Penang. Anyway, have you read any news about apologies from any BN's Ministers or the power that have been? This is the denial syndrome everybody have been talking about.

Coming back to the power sharing formula of the new coalition Government in Perak. According to the proportionate representation of state assemblyman elected, the State Exco should have been allocated accordingly as DAP 6, PKR 2 & PAS 2. But DAP wanted 8-1-1 & PKR threatened to pull out of the coalition. It was finally agreed at 6-3-1, excluding the MB who hails from PAS. Now this is what I call power sharing......the majority partner didn't insist on their take & even apologised on earlier outburst.

(Of course PKR's President earlier assertion that the Exco ratio should be based on Perak's population is pure poppycock : that would then be back to square one- racial politics, which the voters didn't wanted. That's why the DAP-PKR & PKR-PAS pact worked so well this time. It transient racial barriers)

Now, what about the BN-led states? At the time of writing, the Perlis MB has not been sworned in yet but it seems Shahidan has thrown the white towel & the Bintong Assemblyman is set to be the new MB, much to the chagrin of our PM. I always wonder in this circumstances : what happens if the PM insisted on his nominated MB & then the 9 UMNO Assemblymen defect to form a pact .......will these guys form the new Govt in Perlis, since they form the majority? Tssk..will this ever happen in Malaysia? I shudder to think of it.
..........but one thing for sure. PKR's waiting to welcome these YBs, no bribery, as Anwar has said.

Trengganu? The show ain't over yet, even though the 22 Asssemblymen have pledged their support for the PM.

Who says three party-coalition cannot decides effectively compare with a one-party no coalition?