By Third Eyed Raven | Majangkim Office
KOTA KINABALU: The ink on the Election Commission’s dates for Johor and Negeri Sembilan was barely dry before the Southern theater fractured yet again.
With the grand unveiling of Parti Wawasan Negara under the “Reset” banner, the mainstream press is desperately trying to paint this as a sudden, chaotic shift in the Peninsular game of thrones.
But from the ramparts of the Borneo Fortress, we see this development for exactly what it is: a calculated play by the ultimate opportunist, and a stark warning to the leaders in Kota Kinabalu.
The political elite in Kuala Lumpur are no longer just fighting over a hollow ruin; they are multiplying, fracturing, and tearing what little remains of their house apart.
But as the chaos deepens in the South, the message from the North becomes absolute: The more the kings fracture, the more the Iron Bank dictates the terms of the realm.
Chaos is a Ladder: The Return of the Master Manipulator
To understand the arrival of this new banner, one must look at the man pulling the strings. In this federal universe, Hamzah Zainudin operates as Littlefinger.
He is a politician who thrives not in the open sunlight of mass adoration, but in the shadows of strategic betrayal and shifting backroom alliances.
Lest we forget, this is the chief architect of the infamous Sheraton Move—a masterclass in political engineering that brought down a sitting government without fighting a single conventional battle.
After his high-profile ouster from Bersatu, critics claimed he was politically adrift. They forgot that for a master manipulator, “Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.”
By executing a strategic alliance with PAS and Abdul Hadi Awang to launch Parti Wawasan Negara, Hamzah has positioned himself to weaponize the deep voter apathy plaguing the upcoming July 11 and August 1 polls.
This isn’t a standard democratic campaign; it is a tactical fragmentation designed to destabilize existing coalitions and engineer fresh leverage from the ruins.
The Paradox of GRS: Raised by Manipulation, Paralyzed by Fear
This Peninsular realignment sends a tremor directly into the heart of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) administration.
Let us be historically blunt: GRS currently sits in power as a direct byproduct of this exact brand of backroom manipulation and shifting federal winds.
They are children of the political theater that Hamzah masterfully directs.
And because they gained power through fragmentation, they live in perpetual terror of being undone by it.
This deep-seated insecurity explains their entire governance model. GRS has adopted a strategy of playing a passive “long game” that is notable only for its lack of movement.
They choose to loudly announce grand initiatives, celebrate inflated “interim payments,” and hold endless press conferences rather than taking concrete, unyielding action on Sabah’s sovereign rights.
They prance about the federal stage, treating partial installments as historic milestones, acting like compliant caretakers of the vault because they are too afraid to anger the unstable masters of the South.
Let the Third Eyed Raven deliver a cold dose of reality: The Iron Bank does not celebrate installment plans from a debtor whose house is fundamentally divided.
While the South Burns, the North Directs
With the Peninsular equations thrown into a tailspin by Hamzah’s new “Reset” faction, federal desperation is about to hit an all-time high.
A fragmented federal center cannot survive without the Borneo Bloc. This is the ultimate moment of leverage, yet our stewards are acting like timid petitioners begging for a larger allowance.
While Sarawak’s GPS operates with a deadly, quiet demeanour—silently locking down its economic chess pieces, taking control of its ports, its airlines, and its energy grids—Sabah must stop hiding behind loud announcements and start executing raw power. Kuching doesn’t beg, shout, or dance over allowances; they move in absolute silence because they know the South is bankrupt.
The political machinations rising in the South are not our concern. Whether the old crown holds, or the architects of the Sheraton Move engineer a new crisis, they all eventually have to knock on the vault doors of the Iron Bank to survive.
GRS must step up and act like the ruthless stewards of that vault, or “winter come” to house GRS this Coming GE16.
Let the Southern lords play their games in the ashes of Harrenhal. The North holds the books—and the debt must be paid, down to the last single cent.
