Under Najib, politics in Malaysia has lost all sense of decency and sensibility

Even before the courts can dish a verdict of guilty or innocent, the political marauders have already gone into overdrive plundering at a man, father, husband, friend, leader – and above all a Malaysian who has the solid support of honorable leaders from the Opposition political divide and many examplary individuals all across the globe.

Truly, by any perspective you look at the politics in Malaysia, we have lost all decency, sensibility and in place are wallowing in a sordid state of scum.

The most recent is the currently broiling sensation involving the widely subscribed and popular blog of Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK) - Malaysia Today and its architect.

The amount of national time, national resources and ink and paper and blog space that has gone into bashing this one man – Anwar Ibrahim is probably far more greater than that of Watergate Scandal involving Nixon or the more recent in memory, that of the Clinton-Lewinsky episode.

Suddenly, he is a long-time confirmed gay

If ever there is to be an international award for the ‘Most Outrageous Politically Laced Sex Scandal’ competition, Malaysia will be the crown-grabber and probably be the only contestant.

Whichever way we look at it, for argument’s sake, what so wrong if DSAI is a gay? And if he is a confirmed long-time gay, how come UMNO in the first place endorsed, enlisted, groomed and nurtured him during the Mahathir era? Worst, Mahathir himself paraded to the world that Anwar was his sole and only worthy Deputy, after having sacked other predecessors.

Only when the Financial Crisis helmed-in, suddenly Anwar is a gay! Even any heavenly revelation would have lost to this drama of the centuries.

Any by any account what is the gross difference between a gay and a straight-sex man who takes advantage of the weaker sex who are minors?

Or for that matter, what of those who discreetly keep more than their rightfully wedded wives as sex toys? Are there none in our society?

Or how about those who steal another man or woman’s spouse under the camouflage of divorce and re-marry? Are these approved sins? Do we not have such examples within the seemingly sacred tabernacles of the power corridors of UMNO and BN?

The whole of Lorong Haji Taib is stinking to high heavens right to this day with pondan-sex-for-sale day and night. This is of no national concern, but Anwar is?

Or how about the upper-class joineries splashed all along Bukit Bintang and Petaling Street? Sex-for-sale is a booming business here. And who says that our 5-Star hotels are free of sins against the flesh? Are these pardonable and should therefore be condoned, encouraged and therefore remain protected?

Voters are not fools

Let us not think that the electorate are fools. Let us also not run away with the notion that Malaysians cannot think. Above all we must stop playing God.

If and when politics sinks to the lowest ebb mired in misplaced sex and lust bashing strategies; when it grovels in the pit of personal morality issues while the national socio-landscape is punctured with flesh trade, we have lost everything sane and sensible.

Indeed we are hypocrites of the highest order, nothing less really.

Let then the first man (or woman) who has never sinned in whatsoever way, be the first to cast the stone at Anwar Ibrahim. And let that person be reminded too that prophets in the past have admonished that even prostitutes are worthy of merit when there is remorse.

It is a shame. It is a disgrace. It is a reputation disaster for Malaysia in the global eyes when our political battle strategies against opponents are drawn with sex-tainted allegations.

Truly Malaysia stands out as the only country in the world today that is so preoccupied these past several years doing political battle by using sex as the batter against one man.

Therein rests the true state of Malaysian politics, Malaysian leadership and Malaysian governance. How are we going to capture our history for the generations to come?

J. D. Lovrenciear reads Malaysia Chronicle