[youtube]QnRUKIMegn8[/youtube]
p/s — Aww, YouTube pulled it down. Here is an ersatz replacement:
[youtube]77YZRRVV0yU[/youtube]
Category: Politics & government
One:
DATUK Zaid Ibrahim has tendered his resignation as the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department. He has just submitted his letter to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. [Zaid Quits. New Straits Times. September 15 2008]
Two:
KUALA LUMPUR: Speculation is rife that de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has resigned.
According to sources, the senator tendered his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s office just before 2pm on Monday. [Zaid Ibrahim Quits. The Star. Shaila Koshy. September 15 2008]
Three:
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has resigned as Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.
The Malaysian Insider has confirmed that he has tendered his resignation letter. [The Malaysian Insider. September 15 2008]
Four:
De facto Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim tenders his resignation over the government’s use of ISA, which allows detention without trial, against three individuals last week. [Law Minister Zaid ‘tenders resignation’. Fauwaz Abdul Aziz. Malaysiakini. September 15 2008]
There are so few politicians that stand by their words. Zaid Ibrahim has proven that he is one of them, yet again.
There is something about the way the Deputy Prime Minister is looking at the Prime Minister.
The publisher of the original photo, The Star, captioned it as “Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the Umno special meeting Wednesday afternoon to decide on Datuk Ahmad Ismail’s fate over his alleged racist remark about the Chinese”.
Obviously, it fails to capture the expression of both politicians.
So, please provide your caption!
And consider this as an open tread.
A person from UMNO Youth, Abdul Rahman Dahlan threatens to take it to the streets if there is a change of government.
“If Sept 16 does occur, it will not be a surprise if Barisan supporters go to the streets to challenge the legitimacy of a government formed through undemocratic means. And all this is because Anwar wants to be Prime Minister.” [Umno Youth questions ‘voices of the people’. The Star. September 8 2008]
But, but, but… did your party not say street demonstration is not part of (y)our culture?
With (x,y), x is the payoff to the incumbent while y is the payoff to the challenger. Numbers are cardinal.
The challenger plays the first round. The incumbent plays the last round.
By martial law, I mean to indicate incumbent’s refusal to let go of power, eventually involving some kind of conflict greater than mere tongue war and successfully retaining power through the conflict.
By new government, there is a peaceful transition of power.
p/s — this model does not consider any discount from the conflict on the society. Such accommodation would likely change the payoff of the second round, making the model more complex.
This model stands on only one assumption: holding power is better than not holding power.