Now, it’s official that Anwar Ibrahim captures the Permatang Pauh seat with a landslide majority, the kind of victory which is going to be the common topic among the Penang folks for quite some times.

Nevertheless, it’s a very much needed moral booster for Anwar and Pakatan Rakyat in a whole to entice more MPs from the ruling coalition to defect and subsequently join the cause for a new Malaysia, which is expected to take place as soon as the coming September 16, the day which marks the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to form Malaysia.

Now Anwar is no longer a nobody as he is now officially the Permatang Pauh MP, going to ascend to power seat of the Opposition Leader starting from tomorrow, as soon as he manages to thrust his way to be sworn in as the MP. From there onwards, then only the talk of real defection is going to be a serious matter and Malaysians would be watching closely from the sideline and determine how many MPs are willing to go as far as taking oath to pledge their loyalty towards the BN government.

We shall see.

Of course, that’s a desperate measure to be taken by the ruling coalition, if ever there is any. However, by looking at the current situation, we can’t entirely rule out this possibility. Anyway, this is another discussion for another day.

As for now, let’s see what’s going to be the next immediate implication following the hard fought victory against the entire BN’s machinery.

Will the Gerakan party pull out from the BN coalition, followed by the MCA, MIC and the rest of the minor component parties as the dominant party Umno is very occupied with perpetuating the "Ketuanan Melayu" ideology?

Is this an indication of yet another beginning of the end for the BN era after 51 years of arbitrary domination in Malaysia’s political landscape as the results in recent General Election as well as the by-election showed that Malaysians irregardless of Malay, Chinese, Indian and etc. rejected the rule-and-divide policy long practiced by the BN?

Is this going to mark the beginning of a persistent and deep focus by the PR leaders on stitching PR coalition into a cohesive alliance to help foster a proper 2-party system in Malaysia that isn’t dependent on key personalities?

Is the result of the by-election likely going to hasten the exit of the PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from the scenes, both the premiership as well as the Umno’s presidency as it’s apparent that Umno’s aspiring presidential candidate Tengku Razaleigh and the rest of senior Umno members who are unhappy with both his (Pak Lah) leadership and performance are waiting by the sideline and ready to drag him down?

Is the Government getting ready to launch a crackdown on bloggers next as reported by The Malaysian Insider?

Hot air rises and we’re living in very interesting times indeed, so don’t overwhelmed by the short term victory until you forget to watch your back.

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