THAT was in 1982, when Anwar Ibrahim stood under the Barisan Nasional ticket and won the Permatang Pauh seat.
FAST forward, to 2023 and PAS is banking on Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, the Menteri Besar of Kedah to lead it to Putrajaya in GE 16.
BOTH men have very similar characteristics and charisma but the one thing that separates them is Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor is a team player while Anwar Ibrahim is nobody's men, who will do what he thinks is right, regardless of what the rest of the team thinks.
THE events leading to 1998, and Tun Mahathir, I believe will attest to that much.
BEING team player, is Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor Achilles heel, despite the team having invested a lot of money to promote , the heart winning VIEW : sob story of the Kedah Menteri Besar's poverty driven childhood.
MAKE no bones about it, the Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor of today is not only a very wealth man but he is READ : a wealthy man defending even a wealthier man against the greater interest of the Malay Peasant Farmers in Kedah.
MUHAMMAD Sanusi Md Nor defense of Syed Mokthar and his one men monopoly of Bernas, not only goes against what PAS has been preaching right up to 2018. READ : PAS sokong Bernas di Hapuskan, but it goes against the persona being built that Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor will stand up for the poor man
PAS Pro Syed Mokthar in control of Bernas only became public after READ : Syed Mokthar gave, PAS partner in Perikatan Nasional , the Muhyiddin Yassin led Bersatu a RM195 million cash gift.
MIND you, this RM195 million cash gift was given after Muhyiddin Yassin reversed unilaterally, a previous cabinet decision in which Muhyiddin Yassin was a party to , which agreed not to extend Bernas rice monopoly.
IT only took a mere READ : 76 days after Muhyiddin Yassin gave Syed Mokthar's Bernas another ten year exclusive monopoly for the tycoon to give BERSATU a RM195 million cash gift
MUHAMMAD Sanusi Md Nor, can stuff his crocodile tears and Drama Minggu Ini acting skills, if Anwar Ibrahim plays the Bernas card right and get the Kedah farmers to heckle Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor for what he has become ; a made in Malaysia brown skinned Uncle Tom, who is submissive to the rich man of KEDAH.
