Sept 16: A BN mole upset the Pakatan takeover in 2008

Three years since the watershed General Elections on Sat 8, Mar 2008, it’s clear that Sept 16 in a future year will be the pivotal date for Sabah and Sarawak to win back their rights and freedom enshrined, inter alia, in the 1963 Malaysia Agreement.

The first shots were fired in the weeks and months running up to Sept 16, 2008 when it appeared with increasing certainty that this would be the moment when Sabah and Sarawak would be the proverbial tail wagging the dog.

Alas, it was not to be.

Sept 16: Why was Anwar blamed and what went wrong?

The Malaysian political landscape is dotted with instances of politicians leap-frogging from one party to another. It is something to watch for in the aftermath of any general election, to the extent that it is no longer seen as abnormal but rather a facet of political life.

Currently, there are no legal grounds in Malaysia to say that when an elected parliamentarian decides to switch to another party, he or she is liable to lose the seat. Neither is there a law that can stop one from jumping ship. All of it is legal and lawful. Not just here but in many countries all over the world including the United States, Japan and Britain. There, when one jumps, it is usually due to a falling apart in ideology or a very strong feeling of opposition to a particular policy or law that the incumbent party wishes to introduce, but which is totally against the representative's principles and boundaries of acceptance.