The Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, deserves support in his mission to make Malaysia a great nation in the region.
His call at the launch of Rakan Muda’s new phase at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Bangi, Selangor for a new generation that applies human values by respecting one another, embraces and advocates kindness, brotherhood, technology and hates corruption, hypocrisy and racism should be echoed by all political leaders.
Malaysians depend on the youths, regardless of race, religion or region, to be the vanguard of progressive politics and to be the torch-bearers of unity and multi-culturalism.
Anwar is a septuagenarian and I am an octogenarian. But we were young once, when we had dreamed the Malaysian Dream for Malaysia to be among the world champions in various fields of human endeavour and it is for the youths of today to fulfil the Malaysian Dream.
Malaysia ranked No. 45th among countries in the world in population size but we were at one time No. 20 among countries in terms of deaths in the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, reflecting a poor health system.
This is not the world champion that Malaysia wants.
Malaysia must punch above her weight.
What Malaysia wants are the positive achievements like winning the Thomas Cup, the Olympic events, the Oscar Award, having the world’s best universities, the best scientists, IT experts and even win the Nobel Awards.
I call on Malaysian youths of all races, religions and regions to unite in the six state polls in August in Penang, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu to unite and convince their parents and their older relatives to make Malaysia a nation of world champions again and avoid the trajectory towards a divided, failed and corrupt state in the coming decades, particularly in 2057 when Malaysia celebrates its Centennial.
Malaysia can only be great if all Malaysians are united with a common purpose and mission.
Let us make Malaysia the role model of the world in inter-ethnic, inter-religious, inter-cultural and inter-civilisation dialogue, understanding, tolerance and harmony as well as show the world how we can prevent lies, falsehoods, fake news and hate speech from destroying the future of the nation by perpetuating political instability and national disunity.