Lawyers in Love

Rehman flattered me by using the title of one of the albums by my beloved Jackson Browne in the headline of his op-ed piece in the Sunday Times today. In his usual verbose style (I write only for people who can understand me, he says) he pointed out that when the last GE was described as a "political Tsunami" most people simply understand this to mean the sweeping away of the incumbents by the victorious challenges. People overlook the fact that a tsunami also has the effect of leaving things at very odd places, not where they should be. That's why you get a young Malay engineer with no previous administration experience suddenly being thrusted into the position of MB and a Hindu with 3 lines on his forehead and ill-fitting suits suddenly made speaker of the State Assembly. Very clever insight, I thought. 

Actually, we discussed this piece before he wrote it. He thinks that Sivakumar didn't respect the law when he suspended the the new MB and exco members. I think Sivakumar believes he has the law behind him when he did what he did. Only, the law is flawed! By written law, I believe we have a stalemate position in Perak. It will be interesting to observe how it pans out.