Firstly, I’d like to acknowledge Khairul Azwan’s admission that UMNO indeed was a party of patronage and crony capitalism.
Yet he stopped way short of honesty in failing to point out it has gotten from the bad of yester-year, to the kleptocracy that Malaysia is known as today. But then, what does one expect from a party headed by a thief, a robber and a kleptocrat.
Khairul Azwan speaks of ‘the opposition keeping up’, yet his party can’t even be a functioning and effective opposition in States that they are the opposition.
Selangor and Penang, the states governed by Pakatan HARAPAN are miles ahead of the other BN adminstered states in almost all facets of governance. When is BN and UMNO going to ‘keep up’ for the sake of the people?
If he wants to call out fake news, he should first stamp out the fake news peddled by his party and its grassroots. The racially charged lies and defamatory propaganda abusing the name of religion that forms the backbone of UMNO’s electioneering must first be stamped out.
For PH, we are against crony capitalism and we have proven ourselves as a formidable Opposition. At the same time we’re united to rid kleptocracy from Malaysia. The way forward is a fair economy for all- a human economy, decent work, decent pay and a decent life for all Malaysians. Neither crony capitalism nor kleptocracy. We’re for the many not the few.
If he is against crony capitalism for the sake of the Malaysian people, why is he supporting a world class kleptocrat?