It's clear by now that Pakatan Harapan, for all intents and purposes, is the Mahathir party. Just like how Trump has taken over the Republican party, Dr M has taken over PH.
Lynas extension, slow pace of investigation over Teoh Beng Hock and Pastor Koh cases, protection for Zakir Naik, introducing khat into the BM syllabus, establishing a third national car, Sedition Act still intact. All these things have Mahathir written all over them.
Do you think these are the kinds of things the other PH parties, especially DAP and PKR would want? Yet, nobody speaks out against them. Everybody's walking on eggshells for fear of upsetting Dr M.
But there is a price to be paid. The general public, and most notably the ones who voted for PH, notice what's going on. This is not what they voted for. Yet, the other PH parties are letting Dr M get his way, as if Bersatu were the dominant party like UMNO was in BN.
It is not. It is a mosquito party in comparison to DAP or PKR. And if you were to combine DAP and PKR, they would dwarf Bersatu. Yet, they all act as if Dr M's party controlled the majority.
DAP, in particular, has received the brunt of the backlash but PKR will get its share of criticism too if this situation continues. The longer they kowtow to Dr M, the bolder he gets when it comes to doing things his way.
So, DAP, PKR, Amanah and Warisan have to decide one of two options:
a) Collectively insist that Dr M stops making unilateral decisions and that any major policy must be discussed and agreed by the Presidential Council.
b) Continue to kowtow to him for the next year or so until such time he steps down (which he has said he would do).
Option (a) has its risk. It might upset Dr M enough for him to do something rash like break up the coalition, although that's unlikely.
Option (b) seems to be what all of them are adopting but it's an even riskier approach. Firstly, as mentioned earlier, this will only embolden Dr M to do whatever the heck he wants. Secondly, as time drags on, doing whatever he wants could very well include deciding to stay on for the full term.
Do they want to wait until there's a full-blown crisis within the coalition before they confront Dr M? There is a problem with his leadership style, which seems to have reverted back to him UMNO/BN approach of "my way or the highway". If they don't correct that now, it will probably be a whole lot harder later on.
Lynas extension, slow pace of investigation over Teoh Beng Hock and Pastor Koh cases, protection for Zakir Naik, introducing khat into the BM syllabus, establishing a third national car, Sedition Act still intact. All these things have Mahathir written all over them.
Do you think these are the kinds of things the other PH parties, especially DAP and PKR would want? Yet, nobody speaks out against them. Everybody's walking on eggshells for fear of upsetting Dr M.
But there is a price to be paid. The general public, and most notably the ones who voted for PH, notice what's going on. This is not what they voted for. Yet, the other PH parties are letting Dr M get his way, as if Bersatu were the dominant party like UMNO was in BN.
It is not. It is a mosquito party in comparison to DAP or PKR. And if you were to combine DAP and PKR, they would dwarf Bersatu. Yet, they all act as if Dr M's party controlled the majority.
DAP, in particular, has received the brunt of the backlash but PKR will get its share of criticism too if this situation continues. The longer they kowtow to Dr M, the bolder he gets when it comes to doing things his way.
So, DAP, PKR, Amanah and Warisan have to decide one of two options:
a) Collectively insist that Dr M stops making unilateral decisions and that any major policy must be discussed and agreed by the Presidential Council.
b) Continue to kowtow to him for the next year or so until such time he steps down (which he has said he would do).
Option (a) has its risk. It might upset Dr M enough for him to do something rash like break up the coalition, although that's unlikely.
Option (b) seems to be what all of them are adopting but it's an even riskier approach. Firstly, as mentioned earlier, this will only embolden Dr M to do whatever the heck he wants. Secondly, as time drags on, doing whatever he wants could very well include deciding to stay on for the full term.
Do they want to wait until there's a full-blown crisis within the coalition before they confront Dr M? There is a problem with his leadership style, which seems to have reverted back to him UMNO/BN approach of "my way or the highway". If they don't correct that now, it will probably be a whole lot harder later on.
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