I totally disagree with Ah Chong's article
that 'Anwar very much a leader after six years'.With
due respect to Anwar, he had his chance to show his
qualities of leadership to lead our multi-racial
country into the next millenium, but he failed
miserably.
Let us not forget that when he was Education
Minister, his race based and communal policies did not
endear him to the chinese community. Mara
matriculation schools did not even allocate the 10%
places for non-malays when it was first promised but
later through Dr.Mahathir's direction that the 10%was
grudgingly given.
Even when he was Deputy Prime Minister, he was
not a popular figure amongst the other communities
because of his frequent malay agenda.During his brief
tenure as Deputy P.M he did not display any qualities
of justice and fairness to the other races. Now that
he is no longer in the corridors of power why should
we believe that he would change.
There is a tendency for politicians to try and
garner support merely for political mileage and
expediency so that it will appeal to a wider
audience.But given the earlier opportunities, he had
failed to introduce any of those measures which he now
deemed superflous.Sad to say, he had his chances and
he blew it. I dont't think our future and destiny lies
with his leadership.The sea of faces in our political
spectrum also do not presently offer us with many
choices.The charismatic and strong leadership that we
yearn for is sadly lacking.There is no light at the
end of the tunnel.We just have to trudge into this
millenium aimlessly without any direction.
Friday, September 23, 2005
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Precisely my sentiments. You can never trust a wolf in sheep's clothing. That's why I believe Keadilan will never get anywhere with their brand of politics. And that is also why we will sadly see BN being the absolute power for many more years to come.
Sad to say, we do not have a viable strong opposition that appeals to all strata of our community irrespective of race, creed etc.If we have then voting for that alternative would be a splendid choice.
Looks like someone has either been reading my mind or following my prolific writing trail. I'm one of the few that actually think Anwar would be a terrible PM and certainly is not someone to be trusted lightly. His tenure in the government was unremarkable and showed no hallmarks of leadership or statesmanship. Knowing Mahathir, it seems likely Anwar was chosen as Deputy for his ability to toe the line rather than lead.
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