September 16 :- "Spin" or Reality?

It is just a few more hours to September 16 - and I (together with a lot of Malaysians including the Prime Minister and the BN members) are all wondering whether what was said to happen on this day will happen...

Will there be a movement of MPs - which will bring about the end of the UMNO led-BN rule after 51 years..

Will there be a NEW DAWN for Malaysia - will there be a better tommorrow?

Will be begin to see the end of race-politics and would the forging of a Malaysian nation begin, that will emphasis only on the Malaysian identity...the Malaysian culture...the Malaysian spirit .. the Malaysian dream...the Malaysians' Malaysia..

Will the ISA and all Detention Without Trial Laws be abolished...? The OSA gone...The UCCA (AUKU) gone...The Printing Presses Act gone...

OR did SINLAKU - that Taiwan typhoon that killed 4 also kill our hopes for a change of government in Malaysia..

Torrential rains and rivers swollen by Typhoon Sinlaku killed at least four people and left seven others missing and presumed dead in central Taiwan, authorities said Monday as the storm barreled toward Japan.- Associated Press, 15/9/2008 -Typhoon Sinlaku kills 4 in Taiwan, heads to Japan

It was rather funny and silly for Tian Chua and that PKR delegation to run over to Taiwan after the BN MPs, who were there for an agricultural study tour when it was in the news that Typhoon Sinlaku was on the way to Taiwan. Good timing to go for study tour.

In an age of handphones and internet, it was really funny to see those PKR few going after the the BN MPs

OR was there really never enough MPs who were going to cross-over - and it all was just a SPIN by Anwar and the Pakatan Rakyat - were we all taken for a ride?

We have to just wait and see...

Alas, this morning, it seems that the BN was crumbling...what with one Minister tendering his resignation and all... but then..

Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s resignation letter was not accepted by the prime minister.

It is learnt that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged Zaid to stay on and continue with the judicial reforms during their 30 minute meeting at Seri Perdana today.

Sources said Zaid, known for his outspoken views, had expressed his concerns that he could be a liability to Abdullah.

The prime minister, however, advised him to take two weeks’ leave to re-consider his resignation.- New Straits Times, 15/9/2008 - Zaid's resignation rejected

And, of course there is silence from the said Zaid - he may also be waiting until tommorrow to see what happens - and then make a carefully chosen appropriate response.

But then, there was also indication by Pakatan Rakyat that there may be some delay - maybe a few days...

We shall see...we shall see..