100 ways, not 100 days
July 15, 2009
This article previously appeared in The Malaysian Insider.
This past weekend Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak would have breathed a sigh of relief at crossing an important milestone of being in power for 100 days.
Coincidentally, that is exactly the amount of time that former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had given him before he began levelling criticisms at Najib.
And as we know, when the grand old man of Malaysian politics criticises, he can really cut you down to size, wielding his acid wit like a surgeon’s scalpel that the medical doctor did not use in practise.
Breaking free from old ways
July 7, 2009
This article previously appeared in The Malaysian Insider.
Like most short-sighted politicians, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s capital market liberalisation as a move to be popular.
PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang too has opposed it, saying the Malays are still weak and need the 30 per cent equity quota.
I guess it is easier to change laws and policies than Dr Mahathir’s mind, or Hadi’s, which is ironic as the country’s fourth prime minister has put in similar market-friendly policies in the past.
And Hadi is working on the political capital that was and is still Umno’s province. Perhaps he truly does believe in Malay unity unlike his Islamist colleagues.
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