Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Tun keeps up the fight to oust the Prime Minister
Talk of the Prime Minister falling asleep in Cabinet meetings and not understanding weighty issues critical to the country’s interests have been making its rounds in cyberspace of late. The noise have grown sufficiently louder that even the foreign press have been writing about the Prime Minister’s alleged inability to keep awake at critical moments. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, in an interview with the International Herald Tribune, did not dance around the issue (as he’s never prone to do), clearly stating that the Prime Minister literally sleeps on the job and is unfit for lead the country. This latest proclamation by Abdullah’s outspoken predecessor is clearly aimed at the UMNO ground which will scrutinize the Prime Minister’s words and actions at the party’s general assembly this month. Tun hopes to accelerate the process with interviews with high-profile regional media titles like the IHT.
Tun also gave examples of some of the Prime Minister’s son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin’s alleged wrong doings in this interview – from the doling out of business contracts to people of his choice including his mother, to his intimate involvement in government affairs. The report is damaging to Abdullah. It certainly does not paint a flattering picture of the Prime Minister. His spin doctors should be worried. Three years in the hot seat and a lot of Malaysians are talking about what Abdullah’s legacy might be. His anti-graft campaign is as good as dead; he recently shot down suggestions that his relatives declare their assets, claiming privacy rights. Such statements will only further alienate Malaysians who once voted for him. At the rate his term is progressing, historians will be unkind to him. History is motivating Tun, despite his age and his blocked arteries, to do all that he can to set things right, in the few short years of life that he may still have in him. Abdullah on the other hand, seems oblivious about what his place in history might be like. But one thing is certain – he will find Malaysians more critical towards him next year, if the economy does not move as fast as he had promised. ¶ 11:08 AM
Tun also gave examples of some of the Prime Minister’s son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin’s alleged wrong doings in this interview – from the doling out of business contracts to people of his choice including his mother, to his intimate involvement in government affairs. The report is damaging to Abdullah. It certainly does not paint a flattering picture of the Prime Minister. His spin doctors should be worried. Three years in the hot seat and a lot of Malaysians are talking about what Abdullah’s legacy might be. His anti-graft campaign is as good as dead; he recently shot down suggestions that his relatives declare their assets, claiming privacy rights. Such statements will only further alienate Malaysians who once voted for him. At the rate his term is progressing, historians will be unkind to him. History is motivating Tun, despite his age and his blocked arteries, to do all that he can to set things right, in the few short years of life that he may still have in him. Abdullah on the other hand, seems oblivious about what his place in history might be like. But one thing is certain – he will find Malaysians more critical towards him next year, if the economy does not move as fast as he had promised. ¶ 11:08 AM
