SInce Anwar’s news is still at the heat, is it a political conspiracy? By who? BN’s people or Anwar himself or a third party? Anwar has left the Turkish embassy after an assurance from Rais Yatim and Syed Hamid that he will be protected by the police (or perhaps asked to leave). So the ambassador said that Anwar was not invited, he went there as a guest? The fact that he created an international attention by hiding in the embassy, what is he trying to prove? Did he considers the interest of our country’s economy and its people? He is supposed to meet the supporters at 9.00pm last night but failed to turn up, reason unknown (found out at 8.25 am, he had a meeting with his lawyers). He is still convinced that PR will take over the government on or before 16 September. Today he announced that he’ll be likely to contest a by-election soon and 4 MPs from BN will be joining PR. Why don’t he disclose who are the 4 MPs? Sometimes I do symphatise Azizah who has to go through all the difficulties reluctantly to please her husband. Are DAP and PAS leaders aware of what he is up to? Not a clue…

MI: A survey done in recent days by a non-government organisation detects a dark mood in the country. There is great distrust of the BN government and main political players. Not one political leader in Malaysia today commands comfortable support in the country. Not Abdullah. Not Najib. Not Anwar. Not even the man who ruled the country for 22 years, Tun Dr Mahathir.
Abdullah’s approval rating is strong among Malays but abysmal among Chinese and Indians who think that despite all the fine words of reform that flow from his mouth, he does not have the political will to walk the talk. They also believe that it was during his watch that their rights were eroded the most.
Umno also concluded during the recent supreme council retreat that the waving of the keris by Datuk Hishammuddin, the temple demolition in Selangor and the incendiary language by speakers during the Umno assembly in 2006 were the main reasons why Chinese and Indians supported the Opposition in Election 2008.
In contrast, Indians and Chinese have greater faith in Anwar than the Malays. They like his inclusive message of Malaysia for all and believe that he has the charisma and vision to put the country on a new trajectory of growth and unity.
Not so older Malays, it seems. They wonder whether Anwar’s agenda of a new Malaysia will come at the expense of Malay political power and special privileges. So quite clearly if Anwar wants to come to power and stay in power, he will have to downplay his vision of equality for all under the Malaysian sun.
“There is an unhealthy trend breeding in the political environment now because people want, in an act of desperation, to capture stronger support for themselves. Some of them actually resort to the use of dangerous allegations, and even accusations,” says political analyst Khoo Kay Peng.
“The two recent cases are very important. Definitely the allegation against Najib’s wife, Rosmah; and secondly, the current sodomy allegation against Anwar. These allegations put the country at very high risk…great risk of losing not only credibility but it could as well descend into…disunity, social anarchy, as my friend says.
“We will have to be very careful about that because the two are very good examples of what people think of as political manoeuvres. And public perception has been formed so precisely that no one party has the majority support of the people. It has never happened before in Malaysia…that support has been so splintered, so fractured.”
Recently it is also proven that certain political groups are still playing the racial cards. Indians and snakes? Social contract?
The survey also suggests that Malaysians are a pessimistic lot. They are concerned about the direction the country is heading, the state of the economy, the ability of the government to protect the interest and rights of all Malaysians. May God bless our country and guide us through to overcome such a mess.