Majority want political impasse to end

Keeping up with current affairs: Members of the public reading The Star at a coffee shop in George Town.

GEORGE TOWN: The majority of Malaysians want the political impasse to end as soon as possible.

Retired manager Mahendra Lal, 71, said as a voter, he was disappointed with the current political turmoil.

“I am not well-versed in politics but I feel betrayed by the current state of affairs.

“It’s as if we are now left hanging in mid-air.

“The Prime Minister should honour whatever pact made between the now-defunct Pakatan Harapan, and give someone else a chance to run the government, ” he said when met in Little India here.

Electrician Mohammad Kadir Mustafa, 62, said he was shocked at the way things have unfolded.

“We had hoped for a change in a good way after the last general election.

“All we wanted was a clean government with no corruption.

“Now we are in limbo. The current political development is an entertaining read, but not for me as a Malaysian, who was excited and full of hope after the change of ruling coalition in 2018.

“I remember how people came out and made the effort to vote.

“We hope everything can just go back to the way it was, ” he said.

Coffeeshop operator Ang Kean Thye, 47, is worried that the economy will suffer due to the current political scenario.

“It seems like a one-man show and everything is controlled by one person.

“This is bad for the country as we could lose a lot of investors due to political instability.

“We voted them into power and we just cannot trust them anymore.

“No investor will pump money into a country that is unstable politically, ” he said. - Star