Ezam's comeback

The return of the prodigal son. Touted as a political coup from Pak Lah and orchestrated by Dato Wan Farid, with Ezam rejoining UMNO after his hiatus starting from the days when he left the party together with Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI).

To liken Ezam as rakan seperjuangan rakan rakan Keadilan is definately an understatement. We are talking about this guy who used to be DSAI political secretary and Youth Chief of PKR. Not only that but he merengkok in penjara for his struggle too. And even Hishamuddin Rais in his blog Dari Jelebu did a write up on his cell partner of 2 years, about how courageous Ezam is.

So his rationale of joining UMNO? Pak Lah recent actions has prompted him to take this path and fight from within because he sees a commitment from UMNO to make a change.

Hmmm......isnt it too early to say anything at this juncture? Yes recent events has shown the government is trying its best to undo some of the legacy left behind by BN. Restoration of the judiciary and ex gratia payment to the judges involved in the judicial crisis, the Lingam commission, a commit to review the toll rates, to relook at some of the draconian acts we have, bringing Zaid Ibrahim into the PM Dept to take charge of legal affairs, to make ACA from a toohless tiger to ACA (the real deal of course), and just today proposals to amend the University Act.

Why all this populist moves? Its plain simple. BN was handed a knock out by the rakyat. Some component parties had fallen so deep that, they might not climb out of the hole for a long time to come. All these acts by BN are more of a damage control in play. With DSAI looming at the edge of the Parliment, Ezam is just another pawn in percaturan politik of the bigwigs.

Malaysian politics has just gone a notch higher. And I am still not talking about the side events happening in and outside of the Dewan Rakyat.