Are Anwar's Day As The Prime Minister Numbered?

Are Anwar's days as the prime minister numbered?

Of course no PM believes his days are numbered.

Don't think Anwar thinks otherwise.

Anwar sees himself as the guy who works hard for the nation.

A self-proclaimed reformist the country needs.

A committed and fearless champion anti-corruption crusader.

The guy who calls everyone his children. His often loud, strident public proclamation "anak Cina,anak saya; anak India, anak saya; anak Iban, anak saya; anak Dayak, anak saya..." and so on and so forth.

At the same time, he sees himself as the fearless champion of the Malays and Islam.

During his tenure as the current PMX, the politics of race and religion seems to be is on the rise from all sides with nary attempt to stop it all.

The furore over the locations of Indian temples, the attempts to boycott businesses for allegedly attempting to insult Islam like the KK Mart incidents,  attempts to ban or restrict the sale of what is considered non-halal products like alcoholic drinks meant for the non-Muslims etc.

A man of, and for, all seasons.

That's how and what he sees and thinks of himself.

The sad thing is that reality is, often times, a different animal from self-perception.

Many are now getting disillusioned. 

Their trust in PMX Anwar is fast eroding.

His anti-corruption stance is, more often than not, seen as self-serving.

Going after those he sees as his political enemies and letting off scot free those whose support he needs to stay in power.

Classic case of his deputy pm, Zhaid Ibrahim, who got away with DNNAs (discharge not amounting to acquittals) on the 47 corruption charges despite the High Court finding there was a prima facie case in each instant of the 47 charges.

It got more interesting lately when the Attorney General office decided to classify the cases as NFA (no further action) to be taken.

And now the with the revelation from Bloomberg that MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) chief Azam Baki had held shares that exceeded what Malaysia's civil service rules forbid.

And the expose that there is a corporate mafia within the anti-corruption commission that works in cohorts with the business crooks to the intimidate company owners to relinquish their shares to themselves. 

PMX Anwar's response was  lackadaisical, to say the least, reminding people that Azam Baki has been working hard for the country and people should stop disturbing the anti-corruption chief from his work!

This and other instances of backtracking on his so-called reformist agenda has disillusioned people and even some in his party PKR like Rafazi Ramli and coalition partner DAP.

Are Anwar's days as the pm numbered?

It looks like the signs are there.

And so may it be!