JUNE 30 — I would like to extend to you my warmest greetings and good wishes as you embark on a new, difficult and fraught phase in your long and tortuous political career. With this laudable decision of yours to go it alone with an inclusive PKR by your side the country moves into a vastly...
JUNE 30 — I would like to extend to you my warmest greetings and good wishes as you embark on a new, difficult and fraught phase in your long and tortuous political career. With this laudable decision of yours to go it alone with an inclusive PKR by your side the country moves into a vastly changed political, social and media environment.
I believe congratulations are at last in order for you. Such felicitations are in order as you have in the last five months or so shaken off most of those negative elements who provided you endorsements and kisses of death as far as your political career was concerned. Deep in our hearts most of us would welcome this kind of thinking. Shafie is an eminent candidate to be a future prime minister. It will be the ultimate signal that our politics has matured and a person, including from Sabah or Sarawak is fully entitled to be supported for that highest office.At this time however it will be difficult to forgive you if you or other elected parliamentarian endorse Shafie.
Your succession to the prime ministership will enable you to reach new heights of influence and power. Corruption has to be clamped. The other most threatening problem is disunity and perceived inequality caused by political discourse where others, including Sabahans and Sarawakians feel alienated and disadvantaged.
We need leaders who speak the truth, work hard and take great personal risks and pride to improve the quality of the lives of our people. We need nation builders like Park Chung Hee, Ho Chih Minh and Deng Xiaoping to move our country forward. Our leaders don’t need to travel the circumference of the Earth to put Malaysia on the world map.
This is a crucial issue that affects all Malaysians and especially those on the bottom rung of our employment pyramid. There is much prejudice and distrust of you caused by the prolonged and relentless actions of an aspersing government and a state controlled press and media. This had gone on for at least 22 years initially and a further 22 months. This can only be overcome if you hire able aides who are courteous , correct, outstanding and have impeccable integrity.
We lost all these values in the last four decades. In the name of Malaysia Inc it was easier and faster for some obnoxious private sector individuals to obtain permanent passes to the Prime Minister’s Complex than for senior civil servants. Covid-19's scars have to be erased and expedient extraordinary measures are needed. Government must also look at injecting new young blood into the system so that the country does not end up like a gerontocracy. The more progressive and inclusive political parties especially PKR, Amanah and Warisan need to attract younger talent, nurture them and build a second and third tier of leadership.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
An open letter to Anwar Ibrahim | The Malaysian Insight
Read more »
Open letter to Anwar Ibrahim — Nasaruddin Ismail Yusof | Malay MailJUNE 29 — Dear Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, assalamualaikum and selamat sejahtera. I am writing to you to express to you my support and admiration to your leadership and idealism. From my personal admiration and appreciation to your continuous struggle for the last 20 over years for...
Read more »
Dr M ‘permain’ rakyat Sabah untuk halang Anwar, kata KitinganCadangan Mahathir menamakan Shafie Apdal sebagai calon perdana menteri lebih merupakan pelan pengantian untuk anaknya, Mukhriz. FMTNews JeffreyKitingan
Read more »
Kitingan says Dr M 'toying' with Sabahans to block AnwarState opposition leader says Sabahans should not be hoodwinked by Mahathir backing Shafie Apdal as PH candidate for prime minister. FMTNews JeffreyKitingan
Read more »
Shafie sebagai PM atasi kebuntuan Mahathir-Anwar, kata DAP SarawakChong Chieng Jen berkata, ia adalah alternative ke-3 bagi PH dalam menghadapi PRU ke-15. FMTNews DAP Sarawak Mahathir AnwarIbrahim
Read more »
Sarawak DAP says Shafie as PM may break Anwar-Mahathir impasseChong Chieng Jen says this will be a third alternative for Pakatan Harapan in facing GE15. FMTNews ShafieApdal
Read more »