Still PM in waiting? Commentary by consultant editor Leslie Lau

Excerpt from "Still PM in waiting?"

SEPT 16, 2008 - No matter how you cut it, today was a bad day for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Watch this date, Sept 16, he has been telling Malaysians. I will take power by Sept 16, he kept repeating. Now, he says his Pakatan Rakyat (PR) alliance is ready to take power, and that it has the support of more than the required 31 Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs for it to form the federal government.

But he will not do it yet. He has a list of names which he will show only to the prime minister so that a smooth handover of power can be negotiated. One should always call a spade a spade. In this case, Anwar's claim is a game of charades which is being inflicted on this country. If he has the support there is no reason to believe he would not show the list of names to all Malaysians. For all those Malaysians who felt their intelligence insulted by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar when he said Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng had been arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for her own protection, here is another one courtesy of Anwar.

 

 

COMMENTS:

 

Editor Leslie Lau must have misunderstood Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's pledge to form the new govt by Sept 16, 2008. Of course a pledge is the undertaking on his part to do so within his capability but not beyond God's will. I personally do not felt that Anwar is bluffing but he is excersing his faith and courage to form a new govt. While Datuk Seri Syed Hamid is a blatant liar not arising from faith but to deny responsibility; it is a shame to himself.

 

You should have future leaders who dare to fail and to set deadline to accomplish the things. Without goal setting, there is no definite target to aim. Keep trying for the Pakatan Rakyat. Someday you can see the realisation of the new govt. It is the wishes of the majority of the Malaysians!