FROM 1MDB PLUNDER TO ALTANTUYA MURDER: Cabinet must back Dr M & insist on Najib, Rosmah probe

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has delivered the grand slam today at the public forum, ‘Bicara Negarawan: You are not alone’ in Kuala Lumpur.

We cannot anymore carry on singing, ‘Let the old man shout for all we care’. Or to defend Najib and Rosmah by countering with arguments like, 'he is no angel when he was PM' is a mockery.

All the key issues that the civil society and opposition political parties had been crying out quite a while have been delivered in his trademark ‘without fear or favor’ style by the Tun Dr. in the presence of about a thousand citizens who just as much care about the nation.

It can only come from a courageous citizen who truly is passionate about the country and its future.

In any other country that preaches and walks the talk of democratic politics, the implicated candidate/candidates would have resigned or stepped aside until justice is done. But this is not the case in Malaysia and it is truly putting the country’s well being in a precarious paralysis.

Yes-men Cabinet out to retain their cushy jobs OR look after the people's interests?

The former prime minister has clearly spelt out several key concerns that any college student will agree are serious concerns and deemed unbecoming of a leader in power.

If the rakyat complained or raised eyebrows about the ‘wedding of the century’ of Najib and Rosmah’s daughter, it would be slammed as malicious and anti-government.

Najib and Rosmah cocooned by the lavishness of their sycophantic world

As the Tun highlighted, who would in today’s climate would hold five wedding receptions and in such grandiose fashion? This is what you read in fairy tales of kingdoms of bygone eras.

Not only that. Najib and Rosmah used the Prime Minister’s official residence , Seri Perdana to host one of the four receptions held in Malaysia.

And if that was not opulent and harboring on a degree of abuse of office, we are told that 300 who’s who in town flew to Kazakhstan where a three days wedding celebration was also held. Did these people not see the extremities?

One then wonders too – and no fault of the innocent and concerned rakyat, was the official jet also used for the trip?

GST must go! 1MDB scandals must be 'outed'

The Tun further homed the message that every rakyat has been crying out against under the yolk of financial suffering. He rightly slammed that the GST must be abolished.

And if Najib’s administration continues to disregard this warning from the Tun, come 1st May the rakyat will take to the streets in peaceful manner to register their agreement with the Tun.

And that in itself is a huge minus for UMNO-BN.

The 1MDB mystery of RM 42 billion has not only been the clarion whistle from the opposition block, but Tun himself has in no uncertain terms said it bluntly. 1MDB is a scam for as long as it is not explained with acceptable and applauding justifications.

If the rakyat clamor they can be shut up by the top cop of the nation. But now that the former leader of 22 years has expressed the same and serious concerns about the 1MDB, what do we do? Go out in the streets and carry Najib and Rosmah on our shoulders?

And in any case that is what the UMNO Youth leader did thinking foolishly that people will accept the shoulder-bearing as the answer to all the doubts.

Again, UMNO has dug itself into a vulnerable gulley.

Altantuya is yet to come

And of course even though the Tun did not say anything about the Altantiuya murder, the very mention of killing was enough to get heads nodding and tingues wagging. Perhaps the top cop will now tweet and holler that one must face contempt of court?

Or will Rosmah and Najib be advised to sue the Tun and all the people who support the Tun’s concerns.

The buck must stop here. We need to think nation and not politics. To save the nation first supersedes any political agendas to keep alive a political party or to seize the moment to rise to power.

The Tun must harness all right-minded leaders from all sides of the divide; he must galvanize all honorable and ethically anchored institutions and civil society to cleans this nation of rot, greed, corruption and abuses.

Our top most priority is not to save UMNO or strengthen BN or to pave the way for DAP or PKR or PAS to be the alternative government.

Right now, the fact that UMNO-BN has failed to check and balance on its chosen leader, all of us must rise to bridge and correct the serious mistakes.

Be smart, Najib: Do the right thing - QUIT!

Dr M - a one-man non-stop attacking-machine

Najib must do the right thing. All his supporters must do the right thing. We have gone too far into the filth of failed leadership. Any further sandiwara will only lead this nation to become the laughing stock in the global eyes.

It is no more an issue of the Tun meddling in the governing of Malaysia; it is no more an issue of his track record of sacking others.

It is about cleansing this nation of all the scandals and suspicions and bringing justice to reign supreme.

Let us not hoodwink ourselves. The war on terror in Malaysia is not our immediate concern. The real scroundrels and robber-barrons are the enemies we must fight with all our collaborated and patriortic will.

The race card and religious divisiveness are mere distractions. The cancer must be exterminated with one single motivation and that is to save this nation from greed, power-maddness, extravagance, and the many scadals that are rigging the PM and his spouse.

If we fail then all of us – UMNO, MCA, MIC and their other component parties plus the opposition Block, institutional vanguards, civil society and including even our esteemed Rulers have to take blame for our inability to save this nation from so much shame and distress brought upon by the present government and its leaders.

Let truth be told: All the money in the world – including even if 1MDB brought back the mysterious RM42 billion, cannot save our ‘maruh bangsa and Negara’. - MAIL BAG