steadyaku47 comment: And this is what I wrote on 21st April:
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
cakap cakap.... As of this week that balance is poised to tilt. Tilt Tun Mahathir's way!
Perception and reality. Good or Evil. Right or wrong. Truth and
Lies....these are just not only words that can evoke much passion within
us all but these are also values that can stir within us all emotions
that will drive many of us to make right what is wrong, make good what
is evil and expose truth where there are lies.
For most of my adult life politics has been nothing more than a
momentary distraction that comes and goes as elections are held and done
with and life then goes on as before. From time to time there were
other distractions. PAS and DAP were the main culprits, but always Umno
emerged triumphant and all was back to normal.
Rule of law prevailed. The Police kept the peace and left us feeling
safe and secured. The Judiciary was just. The Civil Service was...well
the Civil Service - slow, plodding and pedantic but functioning without
political undertones - its neutrality a given.
And then came Anwar Ibrahim and everything changed.
You and I became aware that what was good in Umno was in reality evil. Corruption, arrogance and nepotism was rampant.
What was right was wrong - Ketuana Melayu was being abused by politicians for personal gain.
And the truth were really lies - Umno was not the champions of the
Malays nor MCA and MIC the champions for their respective race.
And since you and I took more than a passing interest in politics things
have happened. Pakatan Rakyat came into being, the loss of BN's
majority in Parliament, State governments changing hands, the emergence
of a credible two party system in Malaysia, the loss by BN of the
popular mandate to govern, the passing of Karpal Singh and Tok Guru Nik
Aziz and the incarceration of Anwar Ibrahim.
We each, in our own personal way, did what we thought needed to be done
to adjust to these new realities. Good or bad we had to live with the
choices we made. For me personally, at age 60 I started blogging.
Now fast forward to today : April 2015.
Why has there been an outpouring of support bordering on hysteria and
adulation for what Tun Mahathir is today trying to do - the removal of
Najib Razak as Prime Minister of Malaysia?
The same Mahathir that has been reviled and the object of much odium and
scorn by many for the things he did while in office? The same Mahathir
whose creed was the ends justify the means - even if that meant
interfering with the Judiciary and using the ISA to manage his political
opponents?
Two words : Najib and Rosmah.
Impossible as it may seems, these two attracts more odium, disgust and
contempt than Mahathir ever did. The outpouring of support for Mahathir
is in direct proportion to the angst people have over the antics of
Najib and Rosmah. Like water finding its own level the people of
Malaysia too are finding their own level in their support for Mahathir
and against Najib and Rosmah.
As of this week that balance is poised to tilt. Tilt Tun Mahthir's way!
Whether real or perceived Najib increasingly fells isolated. A
desperate Najib begins to feel that the walls are closing in around
him. The office of Prime Minister can no longer shield him from the
demands of Tun Mahathir and the people of Malaysia for him to explain
why his six years in office has come to this : 1MDB, Rosmah and a Prime
Minister explaining perception and reality to his people!
But it will only start to matter when those within Umno begin the
process of realigning their loyalties with whatever side they think will
remain standing after Najib Razak and Tun Mahathir have fought the last
battle.
Already Muhyiddin and two of Umno's three vice president have publicly
distanced themselves from Najib. The first Ketua Bahagian to break rank
and come out in support of Tun Mahathir will herald the beginning of the
end for Najib.
For now we can only wait.
We live in interesting times. Let the games begin!
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