Malaysia Needs Leaders with a Stronger Mandate

As one reads the exchange of views with the past leaders and the current government it seems that we are the victims of a system where leaders do not really earn their spurs but are the recipients of a patronage system.

While this has served the country with a reasonable measure of success it is not without weakness. For example if we study the method by which the Prime Minister is appointed, it appears that perhaps a hundred Malaysians the majority of which come from the UMNO Supreme Council have the most influence on who becomes our PM.

Reading the vitriolic attacks on the present leaders by Dr M, it seems that the latter is offended, as the new leaders did not continue his preferred projects like the “crooked bridge” and Proton.

In a system where the majority of the population chooses the top leaders, such a situation will seldom arise and the people will rally behind the leaders they have selected. The leader also knows that he has the full support of the people and will not feel intimidated by the person who appointed him.

To our Prime Minister I would say in the words of Shakespeare, “Screw your courage to the sticking place and we’ll not fail.”
Create more mechanisms where the people can show more support for your objectives and Malaysia can improve to become a more just and civilised nation.