YOURSAY | 'The narrative pushed by anti-Anwar elements is always about his ambition to be PM.'
Anwar 'cautiously confident' of being named PM candidate
Bobby0: Nobody politician is perfect and all of them have their flaws. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim had gone through the toughest times but yet stands strong on his principles.
He could have easily walked away a rich man by compromising, but he stood through the times alone in a cell separated from his family. None of us could understand this as we have not spent any time behind bars.
So it is time we should give him the honour. As Anwar said, he may not be perfect, but look at the leaders the nation is under.
Look at some of those being freed from cases involving hundreds of millions of ringgit and even billions. These are the leaders that are now in charge of the Treasury.
The nation and its people are in danger. The pillars holding the nation are collapsing around them. All government agencies are now placed in compromising positions. Principles and integrity are thrown out of the window.
The new normal is money, position and power. And also, to attain it at any cost. Even to the extent if it destroys the nation.
That is why we need leaders with principles. We can only dream of a perfect leader. But a leader like Anwar who stood by his principles must be given that opportunity to prove his words and promises.
The time is now - or it might be too late to save this nation.
Pokokelapa: Anwar, we have been hearing this song since the Reformasi days. Those days are long dead and gone. The question is whether you will be able to make it. Not to forget the silent majority who are not for you.
Can you turn things around? You carry a good amount of garbage from the past too. Every day in Malaysia, we wash dirty linen in public. The same old soiled and stinky garbage that gets recycled by the same recycled politicians.
FairMalaysian: Pokokelapa, do you think anyone from Umno such as former PM Najib Abdul Razak or party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi or anyone from Bersatu is better? Or what about PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, who can help us go back to the medieval age?
In politics, everyone carries "baggage". Look at ‘Mr Clean’ Mustapha Mohamed, who seems to have no problem with sleeping with the "devil" too.
Yes, Anwar has his baggage but among the devils, I consider him a lesser evil.
Yukino: Anwar has passed his prime, just like Gua Musang Member of Parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah before him. His supporters only remember what he did in the past, not what he can do now.
What happened in the 1990s was 30 years ago. Most of those who remember the 90s are boomers who supported Anwar and hate former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
It was the votes from millennials who grew up in the 90s that gave Harapan Putrajaya, not boomers. The future belongs to the millennials and shouldn’t be decided by the boomers.
Anwar is irreverent now. If he is so good, he would have support from East Malaysia and became PM a long time ago.
In the battle of boomers between Anwar and PM Muhyiddin Yassin, the former will lose badly. He is Malaysia’s Jeremy Corbyn, everything he touches breaks.
Constitutional Supremacy: Anwar, you say you are cautiously confident of becoming PM, but in the next breath you say that the other Harapan partners say it is Mahathir at this juncture who can get the numbers. He is fully supported by Warisan. Even Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) may support Mahathir.
Now, the question is, can you get the numbers without Mahathir’s help. Definitely you cannot. In fact, more MPs from PKR may run away. So you want Mahathir to do the work of getting the numbers and name you as PM? You want to be made PM without any effort on your part?
Thus, you should listen to your partners and let Mahathir be PM for about a year and you as DPM for the time being.
Only Mahathir can tackle the Umno and Bersatu mess and then hand you the reins. But this time, the handover must be in writing.
Malaysia Bharu: Yes, sometimes we can't have the cake and eat it as well. While Anwar is the most deserving, he himself concedes that Mahathir has the numbers needed to help retake the government.
And what is Sabah Chief Minister Shafie Apdal's take on this matter? And what about GPS? If Harapan Plus is serious about retaking Putrajaya, the pros and cons do not favour Anwar, however much we want him.
While Anwar has the support of Pakatan MPs, it is Mahathir who can influence the fence-sitters, without which this notion of retaking the government is an exercise in futility.
The Middle Man: The narrative pushed by anti-Anwar elements is always about his ambition to be PM.
Why don’t they focus on the man and his ideas on governance, economic development, corruption, race relations, religious integration, et cetera?
Any judgment must be reserved and made only when he ascends to the PM post when turning his ideas into concrete actions.
Let’s not forget that during the 14th general election, voters made the sacrifices to turn up in huge numbers to put Harapan in power over a corrupt, racially divisive regime.
We shall never forget those traitors and turncoats who caused the downfall of Harapan.
Anonymous 93887546720228: One man was PM for 22 years the first time. And then another 22 months the second time.
He was to hand over power to the other man but did not, and it ended with the collapse of the government. He now wants to be PM for the third time.
The other man was sacked, tortured and jailed by the first man. He spent seven years behind bars.
He helped build the opposition from a fringe group some 20 years ago to the point where it was within a hair’s breadth of toppling the ruling regime.
Which man is power crazy?
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