New Cabinet
After the resignation of Tun Mahathir our 7th Prime Minister, the Cabinet of Pakatan Harapan was dissolved. After days of one-to-one ministerial consultation with our Monarch, the YDPA appointed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the 8th PM.
Yesterday the 8th PM announced a new Cabinet line-up constituting Bersatu (who swayed to the other side) and other Opposition parties. https://www.therakyatpost.com/2020/03/09/meet-malaysias-new-cabinet-of-ministers/ [... so the Opposition becomes the ruling party and PH is left behind, wondering what is happening... will Anwar ever be PM? what happened to the PH promise?]
On whatsapp yesterday afternoon a pdf file was shared in a few groups, containing the PM's speech on the appointment of new ministers. https://www.pmo.gov.my/2020/03/pengumuman-pembentukan-kabinet-baharu-kerajaan/
Once I got over thefarcical introduction, item 6 particularly got my attention. That the names in the line-up has passed the SPRM and PDRM screenings (verbatim statement reproduced below).
6. Untuk memastikan kabinet yang akan terbentuk adalah kabinet yang berintegriti, semua anggota kabinet yang akan saya umumkan sebentar lagi telah melepasi tapisan oleh pihak SPRM dan PDRM.
Well I do not know every Cabinet member in the list, but 1 or 2 whom I have read about appear to be 'clean'. A few left a bad taste in the mouth. Engineer a coup and be a Minister as a result? What a plan.
It remains to be seen how governance will in fact be carried out, as they may have to hit the ground running: what's with current issues and uncertainties nationally and internationally (Covid-19, weakening currency and stock market disruptions, to name a few).
Gone is the will of the rakyat. It really doesn't matter that we voted or did not vote. Our Constitution apparentlyobviously contain a method loophole that enabled "this" to happen.
However, Malaysians are generally a practical lot. We do not riot in the streets like Indonesians or Hong Kongers would. For one, we probably do not want to be exposed to Covid-19 transmission risk. Secondly, we might as well be at work and maintain peace- because riots are too much of a hassle & our economy is already suffering- recall the Reformasi movement in 1998.
We disagree vehemently though. As an undercurrent. The last time we had said "the Rakyat will be heard", And we did make ourselves heard through GE-14 in 2018. We elected a new government after 60 years of Barisan Nasional rule.
The resulting flash-in-the-pan (I say this with hindsight) Pakatan Harapan Cabinet had bickered and made various inconsistent public statements and (perhaps to some extent) had caused disillusionment amongst Malaysians. The ministers had thought they were being transparent, but all that transparency backfired. We just want you to settle your personality conflictsshit behind closed doors, portray a united front and FORGE ON. This is probably the third reason why Malaysians did not riot. We were probably also a bit fed-up with the drama of the previous Cabinet. The unfortunate thing was this: some actually VERY GOOD and honest Ministers became collateral damage.
So, will I vote in the next election? Probably not.
Does it matter (whether I vote or not)?
Based on the current developments, it does not.
Yesterday the 8th PM announced a new Cabinet line-up constituting Bersatu (who swayed to the other side) and other Opposition parties. https://www.therakyatpost.com/2020/03/09/meet-malaysias-new-cabinet-of-ministers/ [... so the Opposition becomes the ruling party and PH is left behind, wondering what is happening... will Anwar ever be PM? what happened to the PH promise?]
On whatsapp yesterday afternoon a pdf file was shared in a few groups, containing the PM's speech on the appointment of new ministers. https://www.pmo.gov.my/2020/03/pengumuman-pembentukan-kabinet-baharu-kerajaan/
Once I got over the
6. Untuk memastikan kabinet yang akan terbentuk adalah kabinet yang berintegriti, semua anggota kabinet yang akan saya umumkan sebentar lagi telah melepasi tapisan oleh pihak SPRM dan PDRM.
Well I do not know every Cabinet member in the list, but 1 or 2 whom I have read about appear to be 'clean'. A few left a bad taste in the mouth. Engineer a coup and be a Minister as a result? What a plan.
It remains to be seen how governance will in fact be carried out, as they may have to hit the ground running: what's with current issues and uncertainties nationally and internationally (Covid-19, weakening currency and stock market disruptions, to name a few).
Gone is the will of the rakyat. It really doesn't matter that we voted or did not vote. Our Constitution apparently
However, Malaysians are generally a practical lot. We do not riot in the streets like Indonesians or Hong Kongers would. For one, we probably do not want to be exposed to Covid-19 transmission risk. Secondly, we might as well be at work and maintain peace- because riots are too much of a hassle & our economy is already suffering- recall the Reformasi movement in 1998.
We disagree vehemently though. As an undercurrent. The last time we had said "the Rakyat will be heard", And we did make ourselves heard through GE-14 in 2018. We elected a new government after 60 years of Barisan Nasional rule.
The resulting flash-in-the-pan (I say this with hindsight) Pakatan Harapan Cabinet had bickered and made various inconsistent public statements and (perhaps to some extent) had caused disillusionment amongst Malaysians. The ministers had thought they were being transparent, but all that transparency backfired. We just want you to settle your personality conflicts
So, will I vote in the next election? Probably not.
Does it matter (whether I vote or not)?
Based on the current developments, it does not.
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