Until the day Anwar Ibrahim changed from being the Prime Minister in Waiting (that’s what a DPM is in Malaysia) to Malaysia’s number one criminal, I had never attended a people’s march.
But the injustice perpetuated against him was just too great to remain silent and that led me to attend Reformasi gatherings back then including the famous Kesas Highway mammoth rally and the infamous Black 14 one when Anwar was sentenced to jail.
So there was no way I could ‘close off’ this decade without attending the gathering last night (read Malaysiakini’s report) at Kampung Baru to mark the return of Anwar to active politics after the expiry of his ban which arose from that unjust convictions and subsequent jailing.
And it was there that I heard last night for the first time the term that I hope will put for rest once and for all the curse of racist policies that prevents Malaysia from moving forward in a meaningful way.
That term is ‘Ketuanan Rakyat’ (People’s Supremacy) and it is the bedrock of the new vision that Anwar espouses to bring to Malaysia.
He had to undergo severe beatings, be jailed for years and lose all his powerful positions before he could throw away his earlier principles and forge this new vision.
Welcome back Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, you’re now the Prime Minister In Waiting once again!
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