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Anwar Ibrahim: A Political Colossus

January 16, 2012

Anwar Ibrahim: A Political Colossus Among Malaysians

by Ismail Dahlan, Malaysia Chronicle(01-15-12)

Anwar Ibrahim stands now, like the latter-day Rhodian Colossus, with the single foot in the Peninsular as good as the single in East Malaysia. He has stood opposite all comers, faced up to each challenge, as good as remains standing, spectacularly unbowed. He will not be defeated, not by violence nor by the most attempts by the BN's apparatchilks to strip him of his dignity. They have yet to sense that true strength as good as grace comes from inside of as good as cannot be so stripped.

In India after his acquittal, Mr.Anwar offered to pardon his tormentors, though most Malaysians do not wish him to, as good as wish instead to see the guilty suitably punished. Few will be impressed by Ambiga Sreenivasan's call to pardon wrongdoers after Pakatan comes to power. They will wish to see probity served. It serves, however, to illustrate Mr.Anwar's almost Gandhian inner peace as good as strength that he contemplates prone to forgive the inconceivable wrongs that have been committed opposite him as good as his family.

Anwar the only convincing Malay leader

Anwar has in law turn the colossus, morally as good as politically, as good as there is none in the ranks of the Barisan Nasional who can hope to match him. Compared to him, they have been small men, scrabbling as good as fighting in the mud for contracts as good as positions or rolling in the sewers concocting unwholesome small conspiracies.

Certainly Najib! Razak, whose tenure in bureau is an painting of sameness in action, is marked down to the dull shadow when compared with Anwar. Najib has wisely refrained from taking Anwar upon in debate, despite being repeatedly challenged. He would have small chance opposite Anwar's knowledge or debating ability. Najib prefers to slink in the shadows as good as throw verbal stones during Anwar that customarily include of nasty small sexual jibes (based upon the feeble built BN conspiracy) that have most Malaysians cringe.

Najib has additionally failed in his guarantee to enact reforms as his reforms customarily crop up to include of taking the single step forward as good as two stairs back. Certainly this was the box with his ill-named 'Peaceful Assembly Act', that in law is the draconian piece of legislation that drastically curbs the leisure of assembly as good as expression granted Malaysians under the constitution.

Najib will regret his miss of attention to the economy

Najib has similarly mishandled the manage to buy that is already starting to delayed down in complete contrast to his guarantee that it will grow during 5% gait throughout 2012. Inflation is rampant in Malaysia as good as couple of hold Bank Negara's official 3% acceleration figures. The reality upon the ground is wholly different. The tellurian slowdown will additionally start Malaysia drastically, even though Najib tries to fake that Malaysia operates in the vacuum.

Japan, Malaysia's largest export market is losing the European customers as good as it will have an immediate impact. Singapore is Malaysia's largest export market in South-East Asia as good as it has already contracted in the 4th Quarter as good as headed steadily into recession. Clearly, Najib is deliberately attemp! ting to mislead less-informed Malaysians that the manage to buy will grow during 5% in 2012 for the purpose of winning the subsequent General Election.

Anwar, however, is the a single male who will be able to pull the manage to buy out of the doldrums as good as ensure steady, strong expansion in the years to come. The relief that Malaysians will feel to be liberated of the repressive yoke of the BN will translate into consumer as good as commercial operation confidence that will drive made during home growth.

Anwar will additionally enjoy the trust as good as goodwill of the outmost universe that will be some-more prone to invest in the nation that honestly embraces approved norms as good as freedoms. The fact that the malignant influence of Mahathir Mohamad that still influences Malaysia's polite as good as economic life currently will be banished for great with the Pakatan win will serve inspire foreign investment.

Any reader of Mahathir's lunatic article in the Financial Times upon Jan 11 is unlikely to wish to invest in Malaysia as they will be good aware that most ministers in the current BN cupboard have been Mahathir's 'men', who will lift out his wishes regardless of consequences.

GE-13 is right away for Pakatan to lose

There is small disbelief that Pakatan will win the subsequent election formed upon the current view upon the ground. This is not just in the Peninsular but additionally in Sabah as good as Sarawak. There additionally most inside of BN who have already read the writing upon the wall as good as have been ready to pierce their loyalties to Pakatan even prior to the elections.

Informed estimates of Pakatan's probable share of parliament seats right away operation from 120 to 140 seats; that will be utterly sufficient to oust the BN from power. And we will eventually have the efficient Prime Minister in Anwar Ibrahim, backed by an honest cabinet, that will actually have the interests of Malaysians during heart.

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