COMMENT | Having dislodged the Najib administration, it is time for Mahathir to exit. Delaying would only risk tarnishing that singular achievement.
| Soon after his coalition’s stunning victory in the 14th general election of May 8, 2018, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad admitted that he had not expected it, thus the “thick manifesto with all kinds of promises”.
Mahathir has nothing more to prove or achieve. Besides, if he could not accomplish his goals back then, when he ruled Malaysia unchallenged for over 22 years and when he still had his vigour and wits, the probability that he would achieve them now is nil. Time to declare victory and exit stage left. Hand over power to Anwar Ibrahim, and do it now. That was the consensus before the election among the coalition partners, even though not stated in their manifesto. That was also the expectation of voters.
Muhyiddin Yassin too, like Mahathir, is on borrowed time. He should be spending the remaining precious little time he has with his loved ones. He has been in politics and government long enough. He had not shined in all those years; he is unlikely to bloom now. Anwar’s decency and humanity showed at the interview he gave on BBC soon after his pardon. He was serene, with no sense of bitterness towards those who had done him wrong. I saw Nelson Mandela in him.
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