Kuala Lampur, May 8 -- I can imagine it. A man stands at a lake's edge, maybe it's Kenyir. Stands over water and ponders with eyes set on the horizon. It can be dusk for added effect. Puts hands in his pockets and looks away with a hint of a smile.

Maybe that's how Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli decided to defend his PKR deputy presidency. Maybe that's how they make decisions in Terengganu. Maybe this column rips off ideas from The West Wing.

However his sojourn from ministerial tasks played out, Rafizi returned to Putrajaya to tell us all his readiness for battle. Not unlike how Luke Skywalker was in Return of the Jedi, and expressly not The Empire Strikes Back.

Look at the chronology of events and judge for yourselves.

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