Of A Palatial Mansion, 1 Malaysia and So Far So Good...Will It Last?

The recent revelation of a highly questionable purchase of a multi million palatial mansion in Shah Alam has caught my attention. Of course whatever that catches my attention doesn’t necessarily catch other more important institutions’ as well, e.g. the mainstream press, MACC, government. The mainstream media certainly hasn’t really moved in for the kill, unlike their coverage for cows and car services.

I’m sure MACC can spot a huge RM24million elephant in front of their eyes sooner or later – maybe the need to check their corruption radar. After all, a mere RM50,000 cow (for charitable purpose) was deemed “corrupt proven” whilst an occasional “service” to a car was also deemed “corrupt”. Of course both are not proven and have died down.

Is it just me or are Khir, MACC and Umno constantly shooting themselves on the foot on corruption issues?

As we are moving towards Najib’s 100 days in office (yes we have those as well), his promise of 1Malaysia looks more distant then when he first made the promise 3 months ago. The matter is not of his own fault of course – people are just too stubborn.

DAP may think that their agenda are not race based or that they are not only defending the Chinese, but when the Kedah issue arise, it is not a matter of law anymore it is (the way I see it) race based. When Hindraf starts asking the state government to go against court ruling and playing up the racial issue (again), all BN can do is say, “it’s your problem now you deal with it”. What happened to 1Malaysia now?

Utusan and the likes are still harping on racial issues with noted columnists riding on the same Ketuanan Melayu propaganda (I’m Malay too you know).

However I do give praise where it is due and the liberalization of our economy is a much welcomed relief. Of course less coverage is given for this matter in the Malay media, hence less rural Malays know about it and still the ‘ketuanan melayu’ issue is safe and secured in their mind. Even if coverage is given it would be highly technical and yes, the less they know about it the better it is for Umno.

Mahathir is now ranting on both sides of the wall. Of course he still believes Anwar is a gay politician and still thinks that he is the best Prime Minister that will ever have, ever. His recent, Najib has done reasonably well but not well enough, goes to show how highly he thinks of himself and his premiership. The only mistake he has admitted to was to appoint Abdullah as his successor which can be argued, was officially executed after his own premiership and therefore should not be counted as his “failure as PM”.

I think it is quite a success story for Najib having jumped his approval rate to 65pc from 35pc after only 3 months in office. How long it will last remains to be seen. After all he is pulling out all stops after only 3 months and after he runs out of ammo (having used the economic, racial and other goodies - ISA release and over-working the MSM inclusive) he might find it hard to please the people for longer periods.

It is the people around him that are hard to control and I think, just like Abdullah, after a year in office he would find if difficult to contain such ambitious bunch of politicians. That’s just my guess.

Peace :)