Malaysiaku, Negaraku

            It is interesting to observe what is happening in Malaysian politics.          I will briefly share the pattern of what I see unfolding in Malaysia. Things may change as a result of exposure or some things may intentionally be floated as the red herring. But, as usual, we just have to keep watching.  Ismail Sabri is a temporary PM           Unless Ismail Sabri Yaakob becomes too comfortable as prime minister and refuses to vacate his seat, it is likely that he will vacate his post for one of his superiors or he will be booted out of Putrajaya in no time.           For this reason, Ismail Sabri was favoured compared to the other candidates contending for the post. Umno needed someone to warm the seat in order to block Anwar Ibrahim from becoming the prime minister.           Both Najib Abdul Razak and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi are eyeing for the post, but due to their ongoing corruption cases, their ambitions are delayed. Between Najib and Zahid, unless they can strike a compromise

  By Stephen Ng            I have been receiving phone calls and messages asking who I think should be the next Prime Minister.          My answer has always been, “I am not interested in speculating, and I am not a fortune teller.”          However, due to the question people posed to me, I decided once and for all to express my view.          My answer is: Anwar Ibrahim.          Why? For one thing, Pakatan Harapan won the general election with the understanding that Anwar would be prime minister and Dr Mahathir Mohamad was only interim prime minister.          Whether you like it or not, the combination that formed the coalition known as PH won the general election represents the mandate of the people. The people have heard Anwar’s call for reformation for over 20 years – and they just want to see reformation being carried out.          The country had just seen the worst of the 1MDB scandal and people were not willing to allow things to get from bad to worse.   

    By Stephen Ng 4 August 2021 (Wednesday) ( Note: This article was originally written on 2 August 2021.  However, it was held back out of respect for the Director-General of Health and the difficult situation he finds himself in. However, tough questions have to be asked.  Of course, the PAC had had their meeting on Monday despite some initial hiccups. The PAC chairman Wong Kah Woh gave a press conference in the evening. I only decided to release this article, after reading Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman's comments in Free Malaysia Today )  To be fair to DG Noor Hisham, we will wait for his official statement about the number of cases of Covid Positive of Delta Variant in parliament recently. Apparently, he claimed that he was been misquoted by  The Star  article on the four Delta variant cases. Instead, there were a total of 23 positive cases during parliamentary session, and of this, six cases may be Delta positive based on the preliminary results. Confirmation can only come within 8-1