I do not know why BN’s politicians fear a hung parliament. First, it was former finance minister Daim Zainuddin and not far behind is our honourable PM, Najib Abdul Razak.

Now, why in world does Najib fear it? He has the experience of getting rid of the elected Perak Pakatan government and replacing it with a ‘rump’ of his own.

And believe me, the sacking of Britain’s ‘rump parliament’ in 1653 bears an uncanny resemblance to what happened in 2009 where the Perak Pakatan government was removed unceremoniously.

Thus, if a hung parliament does happen after the 13th GE, the choices are plenty, just pick one from the many assorted parliaments which the Englishmen had created in the 17th century.

In 1624, the English had the happy parliament, in 1625, the useless parliament, from April to May 1640, the short parliament, the long parliament from 1640 to 1648, the rump parliament (1649), and in 1653, the little (bare bones) parliament.

Now, for the first time in history, Malaysia has got a rump state assembly in Perak and if Najib’s transformation is on track, we would definitely get a rump parliament instead of a hung parliament.