YOURSAY | ‘Their respective cabinet is going to be a collection of incompetents.’  

Hamzah, Samsuri, and Tuan Ibrahim have PM potential, says Wan Fayhsal

Vijay47: Firstly, Bersatu supreme council member Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal, let me compliment your humility in not including yourself as one of the choice candidates for the premiership.

This patience, strange as it appears, reflects your character, at least until matters turn more exciting at the starting gates.

Yet I am surprised that you restricted your list to just three persons when in truth almost any member from PAS, Bersatu, and Umno, if it comes to that, is worthy to wear that national badge of prime minister.

I mention Umno only because we surely cannot exclude its president, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who has exhibited talent unseen in any other Malaysian.

Some names you obviously cannot suggest.

There is that leader who in voicing “sympathy” for the United States over the California fires, expressed warnings against president-elect Donald Trump’s support for Israel. That was a bad move.

Then we have that uncouth character who previously studied at a Russian university whose only contribution to Malaysian pride is the almost daily vile attacks he lavishes against non-Malays; such insane acts certainly disqualify him when measured against your “winning over the non-Malays”.

Of the names you have proposed, my bet goes for PAS vice-president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man - his gems of statements have to be heard to be believed. 

Business First: A pseudo-intellectual stating the obvious.

Just papering over the growing gulf between an ambitious PAS and their much weaker but power-hungry “partner” Bersatu.

Truth be told, there is no way Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin wants to give up his desire to be prime minister again.

After all, Dr Mahathir Mohamad became prime minister for the second time at age 90.  

Bersatu deputy president Hamzah Zainudin has experience in government, but Muhyiddin has kept him relatively in the shadows. 

Hamzah is no threat to Muhyiddin and that is why Perikatan Nasional (PN) secretary-general Azmin Ali’s name is not mentioned.

The fact that PAS vice-president Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar is the sole PAS candidate speaks for the dearth of talent from PAS.

What has he achieved for his state? Public caning? He is only being pushed because he has an engineering degree from some university somewhere.

Well, so do tens of thousands of Malaysians. What’s the big deal? As for the final candidate, Tuan Ibrahim.

We saw how he ran the Environment and Water Ministry. He was totally out of depth.  

So, this is not a real list. Just a “syiok sendiri” statement to soothe ruffled feathers.

Coward: Muhyiddin is probably boiling for being sidelined by you. Better watch out from now on.

Regardless, except for Hamzah, the rest appear to be of the same quality as former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. In other words, seat warmers.

Hamzah, being from Bersatu, faces the same problem that led to Muhyiddin’s downfall.  All options are therefore bad for Malaysia.

And we haven’t even mentioned the cabinet that they will form.

Their respective cabinet is going to be a collection of incompetents.  

All in all, PN taking power will be bad for all Malaysians before we even talk about race and religion, which is PN’s favourite and only topic they know.

KK Voter: Wan Fayhsal initially said PN should discuss prime minister candidates but keep it internal.

Today, he gave his list of candidates. What a joke.

The coalition, especially PAS, which was most disrespectful to the royals when in power - even its second and third-tier leaders were insolent - now wants to cite its relationship with the royals as a criterion.

GrayParrot9290: Winning the support of non-Malays will be a very tall order - higher than Mount Kinabalu.

Just take this comment section and do a quick calculation. Ninety-eight percent of the commentators would reject PN!

If you think this comment section is biased, then do a nationwide survey.

The 16th general election will provide the most accurate results. I don’t see PN changing anytime soon.

Using bombastic words like “Paradigm shift” will not cause change, especially when 90 percent of PN, especially PAS, cannot comprehend the English language or this Western concept which they will deem irrelevant in Malaysia.

Koel: Before you put forth some dubious people that you claim to have potential, solve the problems in your political grouping first.

These include racism, hate speeches and degrading language, brainlessness, stealing cooking oil, religious bigotry, failure to respect law and order, lack of respect for democratic rights, spreading falsehoods and using questionable “PhD” qualifications to do this, among others!  

Your failure to address these massive problems means that your party is a petty, ignorant, and spiteful group and, therefore, thoroughly unsuited to run this or any other country.

You lot are just bad news.

Mazhilamani: Yes, those named or proposed by Wan Fayhsal qualify as great Pipe Pipers who will lead us over the suicidal or moribund cliff.  

Please name other suitably qualified candidates, but you might not be able to do so.  

PAS on its own cannot lead the country, so long it is Malay and religion-centric.

Maybe they can rule Kelantan for a few more general elections until the voters shake themselves out of their slumber.

PAS has hurt the non-Malays and even progressive devout Muslims for far too long.

JusticeNow!: Who is Wan Fayhsal, and what qualifications does he have to even assess who is a potential prime minister?

This is the guy who thought he could solve all the economic problems by printing more money!

 So, his opinion should not even be given space by Malaysiakini, just in case PAS start flattering themselves about their abilities!

They don’t even have one policy that could help Malaysia!

Cynic: The bar is set very low for who can become prime minister in Malaysia. It is just six inches off the ground.

Only a seasoned limbo dancer like Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim could wiggle his way to the other side.

We expected Anwar to jump hurdles to raise the socioeconomic conditions of all Malaysians but, alas, all he had been doing was wiggling under the bar.

Undecided: PAS is too impatient for power.

If there is any chance of winning over non-Malays, PAS has to convince its president Abdul Hadi Awang to resign.

Hadi’s disrespect towards the non-Malays, especially the Chinese, is an obstacle to winning their support.

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