Defending Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim by Hafiz Ahmad

I am not member of PKR or macai Khalid Ibrahim. I am just a 24 years old student, an
ordinary citizen who has great interest in politics and currently reside in Semenyih, Selangor. I
remember when the first time PKR, PAS, and DAP captured Selangor in 12 th General Election, I was
one of opposition supporters that got very excited when finally UMNO lost its so-called fortress
Selangor. I was 18 at that time. It was a beautiful moment when I saw TV3 personalities in their
special election result program announced that Selangor had fallen to the opposition. I still remember
their sad little faces when announcing the result. Typical UMNO sympathisers. I was screaming
yeahhhhh when one by one BNs controlled states fallen into oppositions lap. It was like watching
football. I was happier when many BNs ministers such as Shahrizat Jalil, Sammy Vellu, Zainuddin
Maidin, Koh Tsu Koon lost in their respective parliamentary seats. I must say I was shocking with the
result. I became overwhelmed when there was a rumour that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi lost in
Kepala Batas but eventually it was not true. I even stayed up until morning to get the complete
election results. I was very sure that losing Selangor to opposition was such a big blow for Barisan
Nasional. I bet all UMNOs head of divisions were very devastated because the pot of gold is no
longer theirs. In other words they cannot no longer cari makan in Selangor, so they have to think
other alternatives to survive. Let alone to raise money to retain their positions in party election. To
hide their weaknesses for failing to defend Selangor they simply washed their hands by putting all the
blame on the former Selangor Menteri Besar Dr. Khir Toyo. It is works and people still blaming Dr.
Khir Toyo for the loss of Selangor. Poor old Jawa man.
When the opposition conquered Selangor and PKR had the largest state seats, it was fair to
elect one of PKRs assemblymen to become a Menteri Besar considering PAS helms Kedah and
Kelantan, DAP in Pulau Pinang. Tan Sri Khalid was chosen as 14th Selangor Menteri Besar. From my
understanding, Tan Sri Khalid was handpicked by PKR de factor leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
with the support of PKR President Datuk Seri Wan Azizah. Tan Sri Khalid started his first term by
trying to fulfil opposition election manifesto. With the opposition led by PKR controls the richest state
in Malaysia. Some of PKR members saw a pot of gold in the cave. Some of them that have UMNOs
DNA in their veins tried to influence the way Selangor should be governed. Plenty of positions in
SUK and Selangor GLC that offer enormous salaries to be filled. Tan Sri Khalid saw this coming. He
will not let this happens by practising strict financial exercise when it comes to fund allocations.
Rewarding party members like Santa Claus during Christmas and succumb to their economics
demands is not really Tan Sri Khalids style. This is probably why he is not very popular in his own
party but he is very popular in the eyes of Selangorians. This kind of attitude will destroy the party.
He will not let peoples money go widespread without accountability. That is why he considered and
admitted by Datuk Seri Anwar himself as a stingy Menteri Besar. He does not use his position as
Menteri Besar to enrich himself because he already rich. He can do enrich himself if he wants to but

he wont because it is not right. People of Selangor will spit on his face if he becomes corrupt or even
try to become corrupt. He was a former CEO of PNB and former CEO Guthrie. One does not simply
tells story about 1981 London Dawn Raid without mentioning his name because then the story
becomes incomplete.
Tan Sri Khalid is not a saint. Of course he has weaknesses. But all those weaknesses are
not enough to justify Khalids replacement. There is growing dissatisfaction among Pakatan Rakyat
representatives that Khalid Ibrahim is not responsive and not let-discuss kind of person. He is oneman-show. Tan Sri Khalid must take criticisms with open heart and improve the way he governs the
state. The way I see Selangorians do not want Khalid to be replaced, there are certain quarters in PKR
itself that spread false, nasty propaganda if Khalid is not replaced Selangor will falls to UMNO. On
what basis to support your wild claim? Because of Kidex Highway? He has shown his transparency
by revealing 2011 classified documents of Exco meeting results regarding Kidex Highway. Go to his
facebook page and read the complete documents. Khalid Ibrahim has nothing to hide. With Khalid
Ibrahim honest, clean and transparent leadership Pakatan Rakyat won Selangor for second term. This
time with bigger 2/3 majority. Among all Selangor assemblymen I could not find any candidates that
can match Khalids credentials. Oh please if PAS brags about how they have the largest seat
Selangor, they should be given MBs post. Please remember they have lost Terengganu that governed
by their President which is also Ulama Besar and Kedah faced the same fate too. For me if PAS
controls a particular state, it is just a temporary before they volunteer passing it to UMNO. Kelantan
is a special case because of charismatic leadership of Tok Guru Nik Aziz. Even UMNO and Utusan
want Selangor MBs post to be given to PAS. Sound fishy right? Arrogant, lack of political skills, lack
administrations skills, lack of ideas, lack of credible leaders, holier-than-thou attitude of kopiah
putih side are the problems faced by PAS. Azmin Ali is the best choice for Menteri Besar? What !!!
Are you crazy? This man got a lot of issues. Ask Tukar Tiub for more details. Definitely not him. I
do not want Selangor change its name to Selangor Raya filled with Hantu Raya if this kind of person
is given responsibility to helms the richest state in Malaysia.

Hafiz Ahmad is a final year student currently studying Economics at University of Malaya
(UM)