COMMENT | PM9? Who? I don’t have an answer. “Who”-ever he or she is, “what” should be the first question.

As increasingly more people – both amongst MPs and ordinary citizens – want a change of PM8, we must start talking about PM9 and his/her policies. It is dangerous to want change just “because nothing can be worse than the status quo”.

Unfortunately, something can be worse than the status quo. If the new government were to collapse after a few months, or to suffer more power struggles between ministers than that between Azmin Ali and Ismail Sabri Yaakob, or to bend policies and laws to please more lawmakers, VVIPs and tycoons, #KerajaanLebihGagal is entirely possible.

I am not at all defending Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. As one of his 30 million bosses, I am glad that he is facing so many competitors, from the opposition and within his own government. But I want real competition and real change.

We must not lower our standard in desperation and pick any challenger who tells us: “No, I don’t have a plan. But the current guy is so lousy. How can I be worse? Just take your chance and give me the job.”...