COMMENT | While all Malaysians, who at one stage of their lives, have voted against the kleptocrats that have been deeply embedded in the power structure built around the long tenure of Umno and BN, at least since 1957, ought to be applauded for bringing down former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and his influential wife Rosmah Mansor, there are more political big wigs that must be brought to justice.
This includes the prospective verdict of some big names in the coming months, but one must not forget that none of these efforts was easy at all. It is the people’s will in GE14 that made this happen.
To begin with, the alliance between Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim went south, months before the Sheraton Move.
The former was too adamant in staying on as the PM, “refusing” to give way to Anwar, as the former had said and promised to the Malaysians in many of his public lectures and interviews, not forgetting the many Pakatan Harapan presidential council meetings, especially when the transition agreement was signed on July 14, 2017.
Although the period of 24 months tenure was not written specifically, it was agreed in that meeting it will be 24 months before the transition takes place.
Yet, for the sake of the nation's future, both...