COMMENT | Here is what I wish we would hear from a new prime minister (this speech, of course, should be in Bahasa Malaysia).

"My fellow Malaysians,

It is time to walk out of the darkness and into the light.

It is time to stop the fighting, and heal the wounds.

It is time to come together, united as one nation.

Malaysians have had an incredibly difficult two years.

For many of us, life has been harder than it has ever been.

Some of us have lost our jobs, and some of us have lost our loved ones forever.

It has been a time of great pain.

But it has also been a time of great courage and heroism.

Our medical frontliner heroes have worked themselves to the bone, struggling and fighting to save Malaysian lives, even in the most difficult of circumstances.

Malaysians from all walks of life have come forward to help their neighbours with food and other essentials in their time of need - proving countless times over, that when Malaysians need each other the most, we will always be there for one another.

It is this very same Malaysian spirit, the spirit of Kita Jaga Kita, that will lead us out of the darkness.

As I take up this great responsibility of being prime minister, I want to ...