Ada seorang kenalan mengirimkan sebuah video koleksi ucapan bekas Ketua Angkatan Muda Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Ezam Mohd. Nor bertajuk Hakikat Sebuah Keputusan.

Isu-isu yang dibangkitkan bukanlah terlalu baru tetapi apabila dirangkumkan dalam koleksi, ia kelihatan menarik. Awang lebih teruja dengan kandungan ucapan beliau, kesemuanya berlegar kepada isu integriti dan moral pemimpin utama PKR, Anwar Ibrahim.

Ezam antara lain mendedahkan soal muslihat, pembohongan dan pengkhianatan Anwar dalam banyak perkara termasuk isu kes liwat terhadap pembantunya, Mohd. Saiful Bukhari Azlan. Beliau juga menyentuh tentang tindakannya keluar PKR.

‘‘Demi Allah, saya tinggalkan Anwar kerana prinsip saya sebagai seorang Islam yang tidak membenarkan saya terus bersamanya sebagai ketua saya. Antara Islam dan Anwar, saya pilih Islam,” kata Ezam.

Isu Anwar kini menjadi perhatian. Ia bukan setakat kes tuduhan liwat terhadap Mohd. Saiful sedikit masa lagi, bahkan tentang masa depan politiknya.

Tindakan Anwar asyik mahu menangguhkan kes mahkamah itu mencetuskan persoalan apakah beliau takut menghadapi kebenaran dan keadilan? Seorang yang mendabik dada sebagai pejuang tiba-tiba seperti tikus mahu melarikan diri. Awang percaya Anwar boleh hidu bahawa pasukan pendakwaan mempunyai bukti lebih kukuh kali ini berbanding kes liwat pertamanya dahulu.

Sebelum ini beliau diragui oleh banyak pihak kerana enggan melafazkan muhabalah atau sumpah laknat di masjid sebagaimana yang dilakukan oleh Mohd. Saiful. Anwar sebaliknya menggunakan pentas politik termasuk di luar negara bagi mempertahankan diri dan seperti biasa mendakwa menjadi mangsa konspirasi.

Selain bertarung dalam kes mahkamahnya, Anwar kini berdepan dengan kedudukan PKR yang kian goyah. Makin ramai pemimpin dan aktivis PKR keluar parti. Isu dalaman parti itu makin serius dengan menyaksikan perpecahan terutama di Sabah dan Selangor.

Khabarnya, Anwar turut resah kerana para pemimpin Pas sudah tidak bulat menyokong beliau termasuk dalam isu moral dan kes liwatnya. Selain itu, tinjauan rambang beberapa pihak mendapati sokongan rakyat dan badan bukan kerajaan Melayu (NGO) terhadap Anwar merosot. Ia ada kaitan dengan kekecewaan orang Melayu terhadap beliau yang didakwa telah menggugat insitusi Melayu selain merosakkan asas kenegaraan dan semangat perlembagaan, sesuatu yang belum pernah berlaku dalam sejarah.

Pada masa yang sama, Ezam, Anuar Shaari, S. Nallakarupan, Lokman Noor Adam, dan puluhan lagi bekas pemimpin PKR yang telah meninggalkan parti itu kini mendedahkan hipokrasi Anwar termasuk dalam isu rasuah dan salah guna kuasa. PKR yang masih baru usianya menyaksikan paling ramai pemimpin kanannya keluar termasuk Chandra Muzaffar, tokoh yang disegani dalam dunia keilmuan.

Kerana menyedari keadaan semakin tidak memihak kepadanya, beliau bertindak sekali lagi melancarkan serangan peribadi terhadap Perdana Menteri, Mohd. Najib Tun Razak. Ada yang melihat ia sebagai helah Anwar untuk mengalihkan perhatian daripada kes liwatnya dan masalah PKR.

Salah satu isu dalaman ialah kritikan terhadap Anwar kerana terlalu memihak dan mendengar nasihat Naib Presiden, Azmin Ali, sehingga mengguris hati banyak pemimpin lain. Mengapa Azmin mendapat kelebihan itu, Anwar sahaja ada jawapannya.

Bukan setakat isu Azmin, banyak rahsia kepincangan Anwar, juga di tangan Ezam. ‘‘Dia tahu bahawa saya tahu...” kata Ezam.

Persoalannya apa akan jadi jika Anwar dipenjarakan kerana didapati bersalah dalam kes liwatnya? Seandainya itu berlaku beliau akan terlingkung dalam kisah pemimpin terlampau yang terpahat dalam sejarah. Awang melihat masa depan politik beliau kian suram jika beliau tidak dihadapkan ke mahkamah sekalipun. Sesungguhnya, Anwar sudah mula terhukum dengan sendiri. Sudah banyak petunjuk, yang satu demi satu menyerlahkan kebenaran. Realitinya, persekitaran dan kesedaran rakyat ternyata makin tidak menyebelahi beliau. Sehebat mana beliau merancang ia tidak akan mengatasi perancangan Allah. Anwar tentu tahu dan Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, isterinya yang juga Presiden PKR, pasti lebih tahu. Mungkin ada kepincangan yang Wan Azizah juga tahu tetapi tidak terlerai, sekadar tersimpul dalam senyuman manisnya.

Ezam, Anwar and the tales of a bygone leader?

There is this friend who gave a video collection of speeches of the former Youth Chief of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Ezam Mohd Nor, entitled “Hakikat Sebuah Keputusan” (Facts of a decision).

Issues raised in the speeches are not really new but when put in a series it become interesting. Awang is drawn to the content of the speeches, which touches on the integrity and moral issues of the key leader of the PKR, Anwar Ibrahim.

Ezam among others exposed the ploy, lies and betrayal of Anwar in many matters including the sodomy case involving his former assistant Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. He also touched on his reason for leaving PKR.

“In God’s name, I left Anwar because of my principle as a Muslim who do not allow me to make him as my leader. Between Islam and Anwar, I choose Islam,” he said.

The Anwar issue is now the focus. It is not only about the accusation of sodomy but also his political future.

Anwar’s action in delaying the court case brings to the question of whether he is man enough to face the truth and justice? It is rather peculiar for a person claiming to be a fighter and yet suddenly chickening out. Awang believes that Anwar behave the way he does because he felt that this time there is a formidable evidence against him compared with his first sodomy case.

Prior to this, his action has been questionable when he refused to take the “muhabalah” or religious oath at a mosque, as was done by Mohd Saiful. Anwar on the other hand is using his political platform including outside the country to defend himself and as usual alleged that he is victim of a political conspiracy by his opponents.

Besides fighting his court case, Anwar is struggling with putting the position of PKR in order. Many of the PKR leaders and activists left the party. The domestic issues affecting the party are getting serious with cracks occurring in Sabah and Selangor.

Anwar is reported to be a bit jittery at the wavering support of Pas for him including on moral issue and the court case. A random survey by various groups found that the people’s support and that of the Malay NGOs on Anwar is sinking. It is linked to the frustration of the Malays on him who is accused of undermining the Malay institution other than damaging the national foundation and spirit of the constitution, a phenomena unprecedented in history.

At the same time, Ezam, Anuar Shaari, S. Nallakarupan, Lokman Noor Adam and dozens of former PKR leaders who left the party exposed the hypocrisy of Anwar including in the case of corruption and power abused. Even at its infancy, PKR already saw most of its senior leaders jumped ship including Dr Chandra Muaffar, a notable figure in the academic circle.

Pushed to the political corner, Anwar hatched a survival strategy by launching personal attack against the Prime Minister, Mohd Najib Tun Razak. Many see this as his political game in deflecting the attention towards his sodomy case and the storm in PKR. One of the internal criticisms against him is that he is giving to much face to PKR Vice-President Azmin Ali, so much so that it creates uneasiness to other leaders in the party. Why the favouritism on Azmin, only Anwar knows the answer.

It’s not just about Azmin’s issue. Many of Anwar’s leadership shortcomings are in the hands of Ezam. “He knows that I know a lot….” Said Ezam.

The question is, what will happen if Anwar have to languish in jail for the sodomy charge? If that happen, he will be written in history as a leader with an extreme peculiarities. Awang sees that his political future is floating in a dark cloud even if he doesn’t need to face the court. Anwar is actually serving his own sentence. There are a lot of indicators that come one after another exposing the truth of the whole episode. The environment and the people’s state of awareness are no longer on his side. He may have laid out the best plan to escape from his self-created conflict but Allah’s plan against him is unsurpassed. Anwar should know and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, his wife who is also President of PKR, must have known better. There may be some deficiencies that Wan Azizah knows but which she finds it difficult to crack except to camouflage it under her alluring smile.