Pak Lah oh Pak Lah?

Malaysiakini: Anwar says he's moving toward forming new government
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim today said he was moving towards forming a new government after landmark elections, with the help of defectors from the ruling coalition.

I just don't understand how Pak Lah can be so in denial about the election results. Barisan Nasional lost 5 states (According to sources, all these five states contributes to about 60% of the national GDP) And yet he can claimed that BN still have the support and 'close to winning two thirds majority in parliament'. Doesn't he know that this is the first time that there were a significant swing of votes not only from the Chinese and Indians but the Malays as well, which had never happened before. In 1999, when the Malay votes were split between BN and the opposition, the non-Malays stood behind BN. In the 1969 general election, even though the non Malays voted against the then Alliance party, the Malay vote is still strong and they only lost two states, Penang and Kelantan. Unless if there is nothing serious being done, the prospect of BN future under Pak Lah is, sadly going down.

For the next two three months, Anwar's steps will definitely be closely watched.
On another note, former Semangat 46 president, Ku Li is challenging Pak Lah for the UMNO presidency. Though I very much doubt Ku Li can still make an impact, I hope his challenge will at least show to Pak Lah that there are plenty of things that are not well in UMNO.

MP for Gua Musang Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has made public his intent to challenge Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the presidency. He has offered himself to lead Umno to “heal the party”, which he described to be "in a bad way.”
While acknowledging that his advancing age might be used against him, the 71-year-old former Finance Minister, who held the Gua Musang parliamentary seat since 1969, expressed willingness to take up the challenge if he was given the opportunity. [full report]