Comments on: Abdullah’s last stand

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:15:15 +0000

Badawi has become infamous for his inaction. The thing is, everyone has forgotten one important action: releasing Anwar. LTH’s conclusions are correct. We all know what happened to the last person who tried to clean up the BN.

The question which begs to be asked is this: Is Badawi and Anwar two sides of the same coin? Besides the politicians from the east, who else could be getting ready to jump ship?

By: clearwater

clearwater — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:22:41 +0000

If AAB can carry through even some of the promised reforms, history and the Malaysian public will look kindly at him. At least, a lot more kindly than his predecessor who, in the end, was ‘hoist by his own petard’, as the French will say. An aging recalcitrant man in his 80’s still fighting for a place in Malaysian history, denied by former subordinates and pitied by his onetime peers. AAB, no matter his shortcomings, is not evil and does not deserve an ignominous fate.

By: LTH

LTH — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:09:06 +0000

don’t count AAB out as yet, my friends, even though it seems like his PM days will be over very soon.

The whole irony of the GE2008 ‘defeat’ seems to have given AAB the political strength that he never was able to muster with his 91% landslide mandate the rakyat gave him in GE2004.

He simply could not carry through the reforms he promised then given the euphria and arragance built up over the years within his BN colleagues, who would never allow any encroachment into their politically-acquired economic pies being eroded if the reforms were really pushed through.

Now, comparatively, after 8 March, AAB has suddenly discovered he is now in a much stronger position to be able to start calling the shots, albeit he still has to feel his way along from one issue to the next. And so far, as the last one and a half months’s events unfold, we can see all those previous political hot-shots (the latest being Hishamuddin) mellowing down and started to behave a lot more correctly as YBs should.

I, for one, wouldn’t be surprised AAB just may be able to pull off the unthinkable and the impossible (his avowed political reforms) to further bring in the new political dawn of March 8 into mid-morning, if he is able to set his own timetable as to when he steps down.

AAB may yet be the one who seizes upon this God-given opportunity to help push the caterpilar worm out from the cocoon, and who knows we may soon see a butterfly emerging with wings ready to fly!?

AAB is not the forceful type (of ‘heros’) to create historical events, but he may one whom events can make him out to be a hero!

LTH

By: kopitalk.36

kopitalk.36 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:46:13 +0000

Sounds familiar, closing the gate when the horse has bolted.

By: KJ 割粒蛱蟆辱疔

KJ 割粒蛱蟆辱疔 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:00:02 +0000

Well done, Sdr Anil. Pak Lah can still redeem his dignity. He appeared lost after Endon passed away and thus KJ & Gang, the opportunists took advantage of him. Now Pak Lah should wake up and listen to the RAKYAT. A bit too late, but if he has the political will, he can still do a lot of things. Just talk with Zaid, then take quick and bold steps to bleach the AG Charmber, reform the Judiciary, implement IPCMC, abolish OSA, ensure total press freedom etc (like those pointed by you in your article). Ironically, Pak Lah may become one of the GREATEST PM of Malaysia overnite. So, don’t waste the chance.