Update: So Najib also came and went, and?….. “smiled and waved to reporters.” Also, “It’s a matter for Tuanku,” Bernama reported Abdullah as saying. Vague, vague, vague… Aaargh!
Aaargh! The suspense!
Abdullah left the palace this morning without speaking to the press.
What does that mean??
No idea.
The mainstream press, on the other hand, still seems to be working overtime in insisting that Najib will be sworn in tomorrow.
We remain hopeful that DYMM YDP Agong remains above such manipulations and upholds the finest traditions of a compassionate and learned monarch.
Hopefully, we will be saved from rule by repression.
Meanwhile, this strange controversy surrounding the Chief Secretary remains. Observe this (now un-retracted?) piece in Bernama:
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin has given his consent for Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be sworn in as prime minister at 10am on Friday, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said.
In a statement issued here Wednesday night, he said Tuanku Mizan had also consented to grant an audience to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib at 10am tomorrow for Abdullah to relinquish the post and seek consent to appoint Najib as the new prime minister.
Tuanku Mizan gave his consent at an audience with Abdullah before the cabinet meeting this morning.
The King had given his consent for Najib to be presented his letter of appointment as prime minister and to take his oath of office, loyalty and confidentiality at Istana Negara at 10am on Friday, the statement said.
?! Did Abdullah really have an audience with Tuanku before the Cabinet meeting yesterday?
If this turns out in any way to be a fabrication, that should be the end of Sidek Hassan’s career.
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