Folks, the whole thing was an UMNO conspiracy gone haywire. First set him up, rig the whole thing, delay the trial 75 times and then acquit the guy of all charges. It was all just a huge UMNO conspiracy - that went completely haywire.
How else can you explain the fact that the judge who was called a liar by the defense counsel in open court and who was asked to recuse himself three times has now acquitted the fellow of all charges ?
It was an even bigger haywire conspiracy by UMNO to have the former UMNO MB of Selangor charged in Court. Over there however the conspiracy took a different twist - they got Khir Toyo convicted and even jailed for a year (subject to appeal though). What a fantastic conspiracy. Khir Toyo gets convicted, Anwar gets acquitted. Then after seeing all their conspiracies go haywire, UMNO set off three explosions at the Court Complex. Just a final touch of spite.
Anyway, fair is fair. Anwar Ibrahim has been acquitted by the Court process. We have to accept the Court's decision. We must be a nation that obeys the Laws which we ourselves formulate.
We also have to recognise the huge sigh of relief that surely must be felt by his wife Dr Wan Azizah. The woman has gone through and is still going through a tremendous amount of ordeal.
There are some interesting side effects though. A few people are now at their wits end. Karpal Singh is quite shocked I am sure. The DAP and PAS have to rethink their strategies. They were planning to step up their own circles of influence to fill up a post-Anwar vacuum in the political environment. But now with Anwar a free man, the PKR will take center stage again. The DAP and PAS will have to take a slightly lesser role.
The DAP's plans to recruit more Malays may also need some re-engineering.
Other groups like Tengku Razaleigh's 'Amanah' will also have to take stock of the situation. They too were planning to fill up a post-Anwar vacuum in the Opposition environment.
They are unhappy with the Government and do not see much scope in the ranks of the existing Opposition. They were hoping to step up to the plate and perhaps bridge that "vacuum". I think all these hopes have been dashed now.
There will be a strengthening of the ranks among the Opposition. Whether they will be able to make an impact on the voters is yet to be seen. Yesterday many people were grumbling that the mobs will be running wild if the verdict was guilty. Today I think many people are really surprised with the verdict.
Conclusion : Mat Sabu was exposed too early as UMNO's secret weapon. Now we have a replacement.
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