Rivals: Anwar and Shabery shaking hands after their debate. (The Star)
For someone described by our PM as ‘irrelevant’ before the General Elections, the fact that police had to use a court order to prevent Anwar from getting within 5 km of the Parliament House, causing massive traffic jams in KL, proved he is anything but.
Anwar is without doubt, the most charismatic politician in Malaysia today. If there were a popularity contest among the PM candidates, he would have won, hands down.
His obvious popularity has become a threat to the ruling BN leaders, who face the possibility of losing the next general elections, or even sooner, if there were crossovers. Members of the public are worried about consequences resulting from actions taken by sore losers. What we are witnessing now seems like pre-emptive strikes before the situation goes beyond control.
It would appear a case of sodomy is more serious than armed robbery or even murder. A repeat of the high-handed manner of arrest, using Balaclava-covered, heavily armed policemen, seems to suggest a reliance on a well-tried method to discredit a likely PM.
I think the public have wised up to the ploy and become more and more cynical of our present leaders. Who can we trust now?
For someone described by our PM as ‘irrelevant’ before the General Elections, the fact that police had to use a court order to prevent Anwar from getting within 5 km of the Parliament House, causing massive traffic jams in KL, proved he is anything but.
Anwar is without doubt, the most charismatic politician in Malaysia today. If there were a popularity contest among the PM candidates, he would have won, hands down.
His obvious popularity has become a threat to the ruling BN leaders, who face the possibility of losing the next general elections, or even sooner, if there were crossovers. Members of the public are worried about consequences resulting from actions taken by sore losers. What we are witnessing now seems like pre-emptive strikes before the situation goes beyond control.
It would appear a case of sodomy is more serious than armed robbery or even murder. A repeat of the high-handed manner of arrest, using Balaclava-covered, heavily armed policemen, seems to suggest a reliance on a well-tried method to discredit a likely PM.
I think the public have wised up to the ploy and become more and more cynical of our present leaders. Who can we trust now?
Trust in higher power.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, I am reminded of this joke:
"Cheer up! Things could have been worse."
I cheer up and sure enough, things got worse!