Rakyat has spoken!

Anwar has announced his arrival!

THE RAKYAT HAS SPOKEN! ANWAR IBRAHIM HAS ARRIVED!

Victory was especially sweet for Anwar Ibrahim as he makes his extraordinary comeback into Parliament with a huge win over Arif Shah and an unknown Hanafi Hamat.

While he savours his victory, Arif can walk with his head held high. It was a big ask for him to get anything out of this by-election at the 1st place. After all, Permatang Pauh is Anwar's fortress. He ALWAYS win there; including his wife. So, it was an uphill battle from the start and he knew it. Kudos to him for being brave and gave a good fight eventhough his votes count has dropped; maybe indicating the rakyat wants change.

As for Hanafi, as expected he lost his deposit. Standing for this election is always a lost cause, and why he did it, the reason only known to him. No one gave him a chance.

I've always expected Anwar to win but not the margin of his victory. I thought that his majority will be lower than the 13k obtained by his wife due to a few factor; polling date, sodomy cases, labelling him as a Chinese agent by BN and big guns form BN going all out to woo voters. So, it was a real surprise to see his majority exceed 15k. BN needs to do some hard thinking and post mortem on why the rakyat rejects them. Maybe race-based politics is dying. A two major party system ala the Democrate and Republican in the US might just work.

So, the real battle for Anwar starts now. He'll make his grand entry into our politics. Let's all hope there will be change for the better for all Malaysians!