The state of affairs in recent years are seeing a worrying trend in Malaysian politics. The 'politics of hate' and racial attacks are planting the seeds which will eventually grow into a very menacing tree.
The recent Sarawak state elections is a case in point. I will not go into the gory details of what transpired there, as I'm quite sure that most of you would have read/heard about it from whatever source of informaton you have. The choice of whether to believe or not any of these stories is entirely yours to make.
Whichever way you look at it, one factor seem to stand out like a sore thumb - Anwar Ibrahim. He seem to be at center of everything. And I'm not talking about PKR, mind u! As much as most Malaysians would want to believe, PKR is a 'spent bullet' if we could call it that.
But Anwar Ibrahim is in a different class alltogether. He appears to have this magnetic effect on people, particularly the disgruntled lot in our community. Now, lets take a step back and examine his progress over the years. Not to do a historical study, but rather to see where or what his actions were leading to.
Student days - led the student movement as a radical leader, anti-establishment - POWER
Deserted PAS and joined UMNO - knew that PAS would not be the right platform - POWER
UMNO days - Strove on popularism, sensationalism and controversy to get what he wanted - POWER
Mahathir dilemma - having built his support all-round, he began to challenge Mahathir - POWER
PKR days - insisted on leading the party with an iron fist without the possibility of being challenged - POWER
Pakatan Rakyat - opportunity to wield his POWER with a view to take over the country's premiership - ABSOLUTE POWER
See the common denominator there? And IF he does get to Putrajaya, and thats a HUGE 'IF', what would be his first (and possibly last) mission? Everyone knows that the country is not exactly in the doldrums, the economy is improving... people are, by and large, happy, albeit a small group of disgruntled so-called saviour-wannabes, who will continue to be disgruntled, regardless!
A simple psychoanalysis of his behaviour will show some glaring possibilities:-
He wanted to be Prime Minister ---> He was denied that opportunity by Mahathir ---> He hates Mahathir ---> He wants the whole world to hate Mahathir ---> He thought he could takeover the country after Mahathir left ---> He was wrong! ---> He hates Najib ---> He wants the whole world to hate Najib ---> He wants the country to be chaotic, not peaceful ---> He hates peace-loving people ---> He's getting older ---> He hates getting old ---> Now, you do the math!
So, back to the earlier question of what will he do IF he gets to Putrajaya? You guessed it... take REVENGE! So, his struggle all these years was with one, and only one, objective - to take revenge on those people who made his life miserable.
The fact that he brought it on himself does not matter, just as much as the future of this country does not matter to him. Think about it people!
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