AN INTENTION TO DO DISHONOUR – MAHATHIR THE SOURCE OF INSTABILITY IN MALAYSIA

Many people may be aghast at the title of this title.  How could it be? Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is the savior of the country for having toppled the corrupt-to-the-core Umno-led regime. So how could he have caused such trouble to the country?

But let me ask this question.  If Mahathir has not been tangling the premiership (that succeeds him) for so long, enticing Azmin Ali and unsettling Anwar Ibrahim, would it have led to the present crisis in PKR that may not only break up the party, but also trigger the collapse of the PKR-DAP-PPBM-Amanah coalition? The latter is a high possibility, considering the inherent incompatibility between Mahathir and Anwar.

The sex video is only a spark. But the explosive elements have been accumulating for some time.

To prove my point, Mahathir has only to announce his categorical commitment to hand over power to Anwar on a specific date, which should be the decision reached in a Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council meeting, the turnmoil in PKR would subside and the Harapan coalition could return its focus on fulfilling its Reformasi pledges to the electorate.

Why can’t Mahathir do it, if he has no intention to dishonor his commitment to the Harapan consensus before election?

And why can’t the collective leadership of Pakatan Harapan insist that this is done?

Unless the source of conflict is eliminated as suggested above, the present conflict will only worsen, leading to tragic ending.

It is hence imperative that Pakatan Harapan must be decisive to do it now, if it doesn’t want to risk losing its only chance to save the country from unrelenting decline.

A word on the motive of sex video plot.

My advice is to keep an open mind. Do not confine the possibility as only an attempt to injure Azmin politically.  There are other possibilities such as a maneuver to prevent Anwar from assuming the premiership, or a conspiracy to break up the Harapan coalition.  The respective motivators should be self-evident.

Our priority at this movement is to save the coalition as suggested, relegating the sex video issue to a due resolution in accordance with the rule of law.

Kim Quek

– MAILBAG