By Brendan Fernandez
I REFER to news reports about PKR reaching out to Umno in the run-up to the next general election.
I can’t, for the life of me, wrap the idea around my head on why PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is willing to work with Umno MPs for the sole purpose of bringing Perikatan Nasional down.
Whatever happened to Pakatan Harapan’s cherished ideals of moving the country forward based on good governance? Has Umno all of a sudden turned a new leaf? And if it is any indication, PKR is willing to work with tainted Umno leaders, whom the former had viciously attacked in the past.
They include Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, his predecessor Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and others in the so-called “court cluster”.
Is Anwar saying that political expediency trumps principles? Is Putrajaya the be-all, end-all? Are our politicians so intoxicated with power that they have lost the moral compass?
It took a good 10 years since Barisan Nasional lost its traditional two-thirds majority for the coalition to fall for the first time since Independence. We need to be patient. Rome was not built on a single day.
But going by the current trajectory, Pakatan has only undermined the trust placed by the voters with its willingness to work with its sworn enemies. It has only revealed the coalition’s true colours. – March 9, 2021
Brendan Fernandez is contributor for FocusM.
The views expressed are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Focus Malaysia.
