JUNE 13 — In April/ May 2018 in the run up to GE14, a vast majority of the activist politicians of Malaysia was desperate to rid the country of the then prime minister. Partly borne of this desire the seasoned PH leadership arrived at a consensus that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was the best person to lead the then Opposition.
In the meantime he has had to provide leadership and the country has functioned and progressed relatively well. We have travelled a long way from the dark, dismal days when we were computing the debt service obligations of a future generation.It would seem that parts of the Malaysian Constitution have to be amended to reduce the powers of the prime minister. Such amendments would need time and the cooperation of a substantial number of Opposition members.
Needless to say, when the prime minister goes off-course he has to be advised appropriately through proper channels. The press and the media should ideally be used to explain and clarify major policies and initiatives by government leaders and parliamentary backbenchers. Brownie points should not be earned by them by attacking their own leaders. Those brownie points were relevant in the Opposition camp.
Since we are agreed that we can no longer have an off-limits prime minister, we should work on limiting the powers of the prime minister. At the same time, given the pressing needs of the country we cannot suddenly render the incumbent a lame duck prime minister.
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