The IPSOS survey that two-thirds of Malaysians believe the country is on the right track five months after 15th General Election is a positive development and an external vote of confidence in Anwar unity government, matching last December’s parliamentary vote of confidence in the Anwar unity government.
It is another important brick towards ensuring that the Anwar unity government can last its full term of five years and fulfilment of the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s hope that Malaysia will have the political stability to reset and return to the original nation-building principles of a plural Malaysia as set out in the Constitution and the Rukun Negara, principles which had the endorsement of the nation’s founding fathers which included the first three Prime Ministers – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Razak Hussein and Hussein Onn – who were also UMNO Presidents.
Malaysians can now be hopeful that the country has at least a decide to leave the trajectory of a divided, failed and kleptocratic state by a reset and return to the original nation-building principles of a plural Malaysia where Malaysia can, in Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman’s words, become “a beacon of light in a difficult and distracted world” by being a model state to the world of inter-ethnic, inter-religious, inter-cultural and inter-civilisational understanding, tolerance, and harmony!
If this Malaysian Dream is implanted in the minds of every Malaysian by the schools and universities, Malaysia will be making a great contribution to world understanding, harmony and peace.
I believe this objective is achievable, if all Malaysians, regardless of race, religion, region, gender or age, put their minds to it to achieve something which is not only good for Malaysia but for the world.