Withering allies

There are some underground tones that the alliance of PKR, DAP and PAS is withering. The most obvious tell tale sign is the withdrawal Unit Amal during the Protes sponsored People's Assemblyon 6th July 2008. The Unit Amal happens to be unit the coordination of PAS Youth to coordinate security for the event. Senior leaders of PAS such as PAS Spiritual Leader Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat have come out with strong statements with regards to this issue. This has happened despite the fact that PROTES chairman is Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli (PAS-Kuala Krai).

On another hand, PAS has demanded that all four states under the Pakatan Rakyat use Islamic administrative measures as a guideline. Lately, Nik Aziz Nik Mat made a ruling that appointments and promotions of civil servants would be based on how pious they are, especially the head of departments.

PAS had won their 28 parliament seats to become the third opposition party by campaigning on issues that appealed across faiths and races.

On the other hand PKR de-facto leader has been embroiled in the sodomy scandal II. Thus Anwar Ibrahim has to concentrate on facing the issue at hand.

As for the DAP, they seem to be more adjustable with PKR as bed fellows instead of PAS.

Utusan Malaysia actually broke the story of the purported "Pangkor Treaty II" between Nizar Jamaluddin, the Perak Menteri Besar and the DAP. Utusan has made a great disservice to the Pakatan Rakyat by interviewing Nizar's brother. Apparently Nizar was not supposed to implement Islamic administration in Perak. From a political sense, there can be nothing much that the MB himself can do since Perak state government is majority DAP.