In less than four weeks, the country will have a new Yang Di Pertuan Agong when the Sultan of Johore ascends the throne as the 17th Yang Di Pertuan Agong.
The plotters who want Anwar Ibrahim to serve as the shortest Priime Minister in Malaysia are increasingly desperate as despite their various plots, the latest being the Dubai Move and the Chow Kit Move, they have failed to topple Anwar Ibrahim as the 10th Prime Minister by undemocratic means as there will be no more “backdoor” Prime Ministers in Malaysia.
Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri will be the country’s two backdoor Prime Ministers and they will go down in history as two persons who were not decided by the majority in Parliament as provided in the Malaysian Constitution.
In his first year in office, Anwar Ibrahim was fighting for his life as he tried to forestall various attempts to topple him.
But the Green Wave triggered by the Perikatan Nasional in the 15th General Election reached its peak before the six state general elections in August last year when the PN was unable to capture the Selangor or Negri Sembilan State Government.
Now that he is assured of political stability for the next three to four years, the time has come for Anwar to focus on national unity and to deliver the various institutional reforms he had promised the country in his 25 years of political wilderness so that Malaysia can reverse of national decline in close to quarter of century and rise up again as a great plural world-class country.
There is no better reference than the Spirit of Merdeka declaration made by 60 of the country’s civil society organisations which in 2007 identified the major failings and obstacles to Malaysia’s progress and advancement towards a more developed and democratic nation.
The country should restore democratic norms and practices and reaffirm its commitment to the safeguarding and support of vital institutions and processes that are the hallmark of vibrant and flourishing democratic systems.