No-confidence for PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Update (4.30pm):

PKR’s Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail did file an emergency motion of no confidence against PM. The Star reports that there will be no voting involved as PKR is not looking for a no-confidence vote, according to Wan Azizah.

So, er, what is the difference between an emergency motion and a no-confidence vote? And if you don’t want a vote, what is the point of filing? Mengada only isit? Can someone please enlighten me?

Or is this just another stupid political game and we’re just supposed to laugh off like we do everything else that appears to be happening in Parliament? Sigh …

Ohhh, how exciting *cough*

Just received a The Star SMS News Alert which reads:

“Opposition leader Wan Azizah Ismail is expected to file no-confidence vote against the Prime Minister under and emergency motion at 3pm.”

That’s like 20 minutes away! This couldn’t come at a worst time for the Prime Minister, who welcomed Australian Prime Minister Kevin Ruud at Putrajaya this morning during the latter’s first official visit to Malaysia.

This vote also comes a couple of days into SAPP’s “We’ll file, we won’t” ping-pong game. I wonder how the two SAPP MPs will vote later, if Wan Azizah does file the motion. (Oh, an earlier News Alert states that Penang CM Lim Guan Eng announced that Wan Azizah will be conferred DPPN title – Datuk Seri)

I wonder if this has anything to do with the expected announcement from the PM that the top 2 UMNO post will not be contested at the end of this year, as reported by Malaysiakini. My boss also blogged on word on the street that PM will only step down in 2010.

Maybe many feel that it is two years two long (heh heh pun intended).

Watch this space – I’m keeping my ears and eyes perked.

Oh, and apparently there was an argument by Fong Po Kuan and Datuk Ng Yen Yen in parliament today about the length of skirts worn to Parliament. No reports on this yet though…

With all this fighting spirit in Malaysia, no wonder Muay Thai is the talk of the town of late.

2.46pm Malaysian time (+8 GMT)

Tags: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Chief Minister, Fong Po Kuan, Kevin Ruud, Lim Guan Eng, Ng Yen Yen, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, penang, PKR, Prime Minister, SAPP, skirt length, Umno, Wan Azizah, Yong Teck Lee