Tun Dr Mahathir left an economically sound country to his successor Tun Abdullah but the latter was unable to handle it. Granted, it is difficult to compete with a successful predecessor. He tried to create his own legacy, spent millions on Islam Hadhari which didn’t make much difference to those who already knew the religion, influenced the release of a very dangerous politician from jail just to be popular, had his advisors further promote him at the expense of the ruling coalition party and UMNO and overturned important national projects to create his own less important ones while making countless policies which proved detrimental to the wellbeing of our national harmony. The ruling party lost 5 States plus Kuala Lumpur as the result.
On the contrary, Najib, the more polished and able politician is handed a country much divided facing an economic and racial situation that direly needs healing. Under normal circumstances, this can be said as the worst possible time to take over as Prime Minister but on the positive side, when we’ve reached rock bottom, the only way to go is up. The Rakyat can’t blame Najib if it gets just a little worse than this but will hail him as our hero when he takes us out of the doldrums. He’ll shine brighter than the Star of David on a bright Jerusalem night.
On the contrary, Najib, the more polished and able politician is handed a country much divided facing an economic and racial situation that direly needs healing. Under normal circumstances, this can be said as the worst possible time to take over as Prime Minister but on the positive side, when we’ve reached rock bottom, the only way to go is up. The Rakyat can’t blame Najib if it gets just a little worse than this but will hail him as our hero when he takes us out of the doldrums. He’ll shine brighter than the Star of David on a bright Jerusalem night.
Time will tell.
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dude...
you cant ignore him....
“Optimism is high moral courage...”, So said Ernest Shackleton , the great polar explorer. He planned to cross the Antarthic continent on foot. However, after battling through thousands of miles of floating ice, his ship, the Endurance, became locked in an ice pack and then crushed. Casting tents on the ice, the 27 men in Shackleton’s party subsisted on a diet of penguins, dogs and seals for 1 year and 4 months. Under his leadership, every man survived not only in good health, but in good spirits as well. Remarkably, eight members of the expedition rejoined him on another Anthatic adventure a few yrs later. One of them called him ‘ one of the greatest leaders that ever came on God’s earth, bar none”.
All i'm saying,a leader is a dealer in hope. The implementation of any kind of major change requires action from a large number of people. New initiatives fail far too often when people, albeit they embrace a new vision, feel disempowered by huge obstacles in their paths.Occasionally the road blocks are only in people’s head and the challenge is to convince us that no external barriers exist. But in many cases…the blockers are very real!
Thank you Pak Lah for being a fine leader..and to charmer player Najib,the game is just started and I hope Malays have the ability to hear the music of the future under you. But I humbly share this with u, “leadership is a fine thing, but it has its penalties. And the greatest penalty is loneliness”..I'm sure sure you are ready for it.
Ynor,
Barring the part where you said Pak Lah is a fine leader, the rest is right on target!
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