Moving past ‘unmitigated disaster’


Wong Ang Peng

Malaysians can accept that it may take Pakatan a full term in office to fulfil its election pledges. What is not acceptable, however, is allowing the issue of bigotry to grow. – EPA pic, October 31, 2019.

DR Mahathir Mohamad’s reiteration that only the Pakan Harapan presidential council gets to determine who will succeed him as prime minister soothes jitters in the current political climate, where there has been talk of horse trading and back-door deals.

His previous ambiguous statements on the succession plan had given impetus to rivalry within the ruling pact, with long knives and dark hands reigning over good governance, and reforms taking a back seat.


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  • Bersatu simply ruins the Harapan of rakyat by becoming more and more like UMNO no. 2.

    Posted 4 years ago by Tanahair Ku