Saturday, July 07, 2012

Mahathir's worst nighmare.

For a long time since Annuar was dethroned as the Deputy Prime Minister, Mahathir has not ceased to unrelentlessly attack his former deputy. At every turn and at every opportunity he made sacarstic swipe at Annuar.And to Annuar's credit , he did not response in kind but did make a remark that the old man should retire gracefully.That perhaps was his only polite response.
Annuar could have poured scorned at Mahathir for his legacy of leaving behind failed and corrupt instituitions but he didnt. He could have exposed his dubious deals to enrich his cronies and sons but he didnt. Even if he did mentioned vaguely it was only done in whispers but never in vocal condemnation..
 Mahathir has  alot to answer for. His frequent retort and rehetorical speech was to help the benign malay populace but the reality of his deed proved that he was more concerned in enriching his family and cronies.
What perhaps will remain a mystery is whether Mahathir will  be made to pay for his past deeds should Annuar ascend to Putrajaya. Mahathir's perception and fear is that Annuar will launched a full scale investigation into his 22 years of corrupt practice which culminated in many dubious deals that enriched his children and cronies. Many of those deals were done in blatant and total disregard to the principles of good governanace. Annuar's ascendancy to be the next Prime Minister would therefore be Mahathir's worst nightmare. A nightmare that has haunted him since 2008  when Annuar at the helm of Pakatan took five states in the last General election.


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