On Monday, June 22, 2020 at 1:40:04 AM UTC, gamaly wrote:
On Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 2:11:00 PM UTC, wogw...@gmail.com wrote:
Despite his advanced age of 95, Mahathir is politically as astute as when he was younger. What he has said is true, i.e., without Malays support, PH would not be able to form the government. Without PH in government, how can Anwar be PM? Anwar should
know, between the PH and himself, which is the cart and which is the horse.
Without Mahathir, the PH would not have been in power, even for that short two+ years. It would hurt his pride if Mahathir is unceremoniously dumped. So what if Mahathir breaks his promise? Which is more important, Mahathir keeping his promise or the
PH in government? If Mahathir keeps his promise to let Anwar be the PM candidate now, the PH will not regain the power to govern. This is not a hypothesis. Its proven reality.
There are those who argue that if Mahathir can break his promise this time, he will do it again in future. How many more years are there left for Mahathir to make and break promises? He's already 95!
Anwar's stiff and determined ambition to be PM is the only thing standing in his way of becoming one. If he is smart, he should wait for Mahathir to pass the baton to him. That won't be long. Back to the question of age. How many more years can
Mahathir be PM? If Anwar can wait for Mahathir to pass him the baton, the process of power transfer would be more acceptable to the Malays.
The conclusion is simple. Let Mahathir be PM candidate. He will lead the PH back to power. Then wait for Mahathir to pass the premiership over to Anwar voluntarily. In this way, the PH can remain in power longer than before. Its a win-win.
When Anwar was advised to be Mahathir's Deputy before taking over as PM, he asked: "How much more must I suffer?"
What's the alternative? If an UMNO-led alliance were to win the next GE, Anwar may find himself back in jail again. His sufferings will then be much worse.
That's what likely to happen if Anwar insists on being the PM-candidate to lead the PH to contest the next GE.
If he openly declare his support for Mahathir as PM now, the PH will have enough Members of Parliament to topple the Muhyidin-led government and PH can be able to return to govern to a full term or win the next GE.
Anwar should analyse the situation this way.
What is the best and the worst which can happen to him?
The best would be that he will be the PM of Malaysia. The worst would be that he will be back in jail.
Next: What is the chance for the best or the worst to happen to him?
The chance of Anwar being PM of Malaysia has been answered, at least once. Everything was smooth sailing. The country was properly governed, Najib was put through court proceedings. Then, everything turned chaotic when Anwar’s supporters tried to force
Mahathir to give way to Anwar. That didn’t happened. Instead PH has to give way to a new UMNO-dominated coalition Perikatan Negara ( PN). What a price to pay!
The chance of the worst happening to Anwar is high. The scenario is going to be repeated if Anwar insists on being PM. PH cannot get the support to govern. Worse, PH may split up. Whichever the case, PN will remain in power; and Najib may return as PM
again. If that happens, the fate of the four leaders of the PH will be terrible. Najib will put them through the humiliations they have put him through; and worse. Mahathir, Anwar, Guan Eng and Mat Sabu homes will be turned inside out, they will be
dragged through courts and finally, end up in jail. Mahathir may be spared the last ordeal because of his advanced age.
If Anwar insists on being PM now, he will end up not only harming himself but also his buddies.
Mahathir being PM now is the way for everyone in PH to be safe.
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