PMX says his overseas forays meeting up with leaders have made Malaysia a respected strategic partner internationally.
Is Anwar syiok sendiri, the Malay phrase for being full of oneself, self-conceited, self absorbed or narcissistic?
Don't know lah!
What people do seem to know is that the PM is often full of talk and bombast.
His favourite boast is that he has brought in multiple billions of international investments.
In reality, Malaysians have yet to see the manifestations of; instead, we are being confronted with rising cost of living.
While the many promises of reforms have yet to take shape, let alone form.
Like a more open space for discourse, the fight against corruption irrespective of personalities involved.
While we do see some movement here where the fight against corruption is concerned, we see the elites getting away with DNAAs, nolle prosequis and dismissals of cases by the courts.
The privileged appointed to important public positions despite the baggage they carry.
Meanwhile, the poor hoi polloi quickly got jailed and fined for pilfering packets of Milo to feed family.
The promise of a more open space for public discourse is now met with legislations curtaining it, no?
The boast that we are 'now gaining recognition from leaders of major powers for its active role in championing global issues, especially supporting justice for the Palestinian people and its advocacy for a more just and balanced world order' - how will it all work out in the end for a small country like ours?
In fact, the major powers of the world are not exactly in tune with our position, especially not on the Palestinian issue.
With Trump back in power, we could indeed face more problems than we want to boast of our influence as a small country among the giants.
Anwar should focus more on tackling the issues of the country like manifestly improving the economy, bringing down the cost of living and coming down hard on the constant play on race and religion by politicians that has caused growing unease and increasingly divided Malaysians of diverse races, cultures and religions.
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