Sunday 13 October 2024

State of the Nation : Tun Mahathir and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

CONTRARY to popular believe,  Tengku Razaleigh was never a target of Dr Mahathir READ : until he got too ambitious, mid way through the game.

THUS  it comes as no surprise, that the duo have separately but jointly trained their eyes on Anwar Ibrahim.

TIME and the timing of the attacks however are against the 'evergreens' of Malaysian politics but the situation is such they know there is a strong possibility the Prime Minister is going to slam dunk Malaysia into a better era in 2025.


TENGKU Razaleigh statement READ : Anwar Ibrahim hasn't been delivering on reforms is definitely a punch below the belly, considering that Anwar Ibrahim and his party's sole ally does not have a two third majority  in Parliament on their own right. 

BUT that doesn't mean Anwar Ibrahim has been sitting in the Prime Minister's seat doing nothing. 

THE Prime Minister has taken up a new role of restructuring Malaysia in the nuts and bolt areas rather than on headline grabbing reforms which would be feeding ammunition for this political foe.

ONLY a reformist Government would make changes to READ : The Audit (Amendment) Bill 2024, which amends the Audit Act 1957 (Act 62).

  WITH the amendments, the National Audit Department will now be able to audit the accounts of any companies that receive financial guarantees from the federation or a state.

BASICALLY , what this means is companies like BERNAS Bhd, the National Rice company under Syed Mokhar better watch their backsides in 2025.

SYED Mokthar knows what's ahead in 2025, just like Anwar Ibrahim knows that without a two thirds majority in his own right, there are rules to the game which even the Prime Minister has to abide to.

TAKE for instance the recent shareholding READ : changes that has been taking place in Media Prima Bhd, which points to having Syed Mokthar's wings being clipped , and the shares eventually  returning to UMNO or Barisan Nasional's treasure Johari Abdul Ghani.

FOR those not in the know, Mariam Prudence Yusof, whoes Leasing Corp Sdn Bhd which now controls just under six per cent of Media Corp Bhd, was a former Bursa Malaysia public interest director back when Johari Abdul Ghani was the Finance Minister 2 in 2017.

SHE also served as a director in few other Johari Abdul Ghani ventures such as in CI Holdings and KUB Malaysia Bhd.

THE risk of ANWAR Ibrahim connecting back with his massive Malay following, which peaked in the 1990's, grows by the day, every day Anwar Ibrahim remains as Prime Minister.


WHICH brings us to Dr Mahathir's interview with READ Sinar Harapan, where the former Prime Minister  did really say anything very negative about Anwar Ibrahim.

I said it before on September 25 2024. Dr Mahathir may never admit it, but his decision some 42 years ago, to find Malaysia a successor was the right one. READ :Anwar Ibrahim has won Dr Mahathir's respect.