Malaysia Matters Podcast

 

It has been apparent for some time that Anwar and his cohorts have been unable to get the backing needed to fulfill his promises. After many weeks promising that he would topple the government on the 16th, Anwar and his supporters backed of that statement last week. But now, after failing to come through, he is saying that he has had sufficient defectors to do the job all along, but that they will be named in “a few day’s time.”

We’ve previously discussed Anwar’s links to terrorism here at Malaysia Matters, but just what else can his campaign to destabilise the government be described as other than another form of terrorism? The Malaysian economy has been in decline since the March Opposition successes at the ballot box, and the more recent turbulence has caused investors to be yet again even more cautious “because of perceived political instability.” -Instability that Anwar has instigated for political gain. And having dug this hole, Anwar doesn’t inspire the confidence necessary to get Malaysia out having been unable to do so as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister during the 1997 economic crisis.  

What is behind this disregard for the well-being of the country Anwar claims himself fit to lead? Anwar has been able to play down the case against him for sodomy and it is becoming clear that in his perverse and selfish see-saw of promises turned lies, the dominate motivation is his own ambition, and the casualty is Malaysia itself.