One year is not that long in politics, especially for a government that has to sift through the mess accumulated through decades of mismanagement.
On this day last year, many Malaysians celebrated the fall of Barisan Nasional with almost revolutionary zeal. It was surreal, something unthinkable just a decade ago.
The new Malaysia eventually came. Expectations were many, but they also revealed how divided Malaysians were despite rejecting BN. Unity in diversity takes a strange meaning here. In the days running up to the first anniversary of the new government, ministers and their aides jostled on social media with their glossy report cards, showing their achievements of the past few months.
But this short piece is not a bid to showcase media objectivity or independence by attacking the government in power. It would have been much easier to be honest and tell the public that it went to the election simply to bring down BN, and in the process, teach its leaders and their wives the meaning of people power. It was not to put to sleep the China beast or to undo the social and cultural engineering that has either shaped or destroyed this nation.
All other goals, including on the economy, racial discrimination, human rights and education, would be secondary.
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