Anwar Must Realise He Is Not Popular Dap Must Be Sensible Dr Mahathir Must Fix His Irresponsible Behaviour

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Well only now Anwar Ibrahim is finding out that not only is he less popular than Dr Mahathir (to grab the PM's post) but now he has even lost out to Muhyiddin Yassin. I believe in a couple of years Anwar's political popularity will plummet even more.
Some of you wonder why I have so much dislike for Anwar. It is nothing personal. I have never met him and have never spoken to him - (except attending a buka puasa in his house sometime in the early 1990s). Of all the politicians whom I know personally I really don't know Anwar at all. But from day one I saw through his bullshit religion and especially his bullshit speeches.  Then came Ummi Hafilda's letter in 1997? And that 50 Dalil book. That was a total shocker of which I had no clue at all. Though one person did drop a hint about it to me earlier. It was a 'she' VVIP.
But other than him wanting to be PM no one knows what exactly is his great game plan for the future of this country.  He has never had one.  (Err...islam this and islam that is not a workable solution ok. You will fail. What else can I say.)
The DAP has to be more sensible. Their decision a week ago to support Anwar instead of Dr M has been a terrible error in judgement. If the DAP had thrown their support behind Dr M a week ago, none of this would have happened. 
Yes this is benefit of hindsight but not really. 
The DAP always wanted Anwar to be PM. Why? Because they thought they could lame duck him? Why? What type of political partnership would it be where you get along by making a lameduck of someone else.
Ok maybe not exactly lameduck but they felt it was easier to "handle" or "deal with" Anwar. This type of attitude will lead to disaster as well.
Both the DAP and Anwar must accept that without Dr Mahathir they really cannot achieve much. 
This event also proves the point that the PH won the last elections because of Dr Mahathir. 
Without Dr Mahathir there would have been no PH victory at all. 
This is so clear now. With Dr Mahathir's resignation the PH government has lost its perch. Well things can still develop but n'theless it is so clear that without Dr M the PH cannot stand. The DAP and Anwar have to understand this very well.
Dr Mahathir should not have resigned. The PM's office is no place to merajuk. That was a big mistake.Just like it was a big mistake to have squandered so much opportunity to do the right things.
No Pakatan Harapan's problem is NOT a problem of lack of communications.
Fixing minor administrative details over workers issues is not real reform. Those are almost clerical matters. 
There were no major policy changes. When there are no major policy changes then what is there to communicate.
Things have gotten worse over the past 20 months.The minimum wage policy is now destroying whats left of the economy.This economy cannot afford to pay a minimum wage of RM1200 a month. Even RM1000 a month is not possible.Just watch unemployment increase, watch inflation increase and just watch the SMEs and the small businesses shrivel up and die. Minimum wages is killing off businesses.
GDP growth has slowed to 4.3% in 2019.Dr M's last statement was that the GDP this year may slide to 3.2% (!!) to 4.3% (??)
This is economic seppuku.
We cannot survive any 3.2% GDP growth - not with 32 million people to feed.
Palm oil prices are the lowest in 11 years. They have fallen 27% since January alone.
Palm oil heads for worst week in 11 years on demand destruction 
The sell-off in palm oil deepened, with futures heading for their worst week in 11 years on slumping petroleum prices, weaker exports and concern about the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Prices have plummeted more than 12% so far this week, the worst drop since October 2008, as tumbling crude oil prices lowered the tropical oil’s attractiveness as a biofuel. Weaker exports from Malaysia, the world’s second-biggest producer, and expectations for output to gain further soured sentiment. The most-consumed edible oil has slipped 27% from its January peak to trade in a bear market.

Believe me things will get more worse now. 
Malaysians please try to understand. Because of biodiesel laws in the US, Europe, Japan and elsewhere, for the first time in history the price of palm oil (which is used to make biodiesel) is now determined by the prices of crude oil (petroleum). 
And crude oil prices are also low and will never recover. On the other hand costs are going up. Cost to grow oil palms is increasing. Cost to produce a barrel of oil or gas is increasing. But the selling prices face a hard ceiling. Meaning palm oil and petroleum will generate less profits for us.
Now here is a short video that we should all watch. You can find these type of videos all over You Tube. Just search "Fastest workers compilations".


These videos are real. The workers in the video do not seem highly educated. No university degrees.
But the workers here are fast. Very fast. And they are NOT the exception. In these countries this is the speed of the workers. This the average. They must work hard.If they do not work hard like this, others will take their jobs away from them.
And in many of these places (featured in this video) this is the first time these workers are working in factories or preparing products on such a large scale. Meaning they will get even better. Their productivity will increase even more.The value of their currencies will increase higher. This is what is happening in the world around us.
Today US$1.00 = RM4.21. 
Our Ringgit is falling.
Here in Malaysia we are entrapped in weird tak-pernah-jumpa-dalam-buku-ekonomi economic policies, racial policies, religious policies, salah laku politicians, nampak bogel dalam video politicians, malu apa bossku politicians who can still find supporters and etc. 
Really mind boggling.
It looks like Club of Doom indeed. It may be a necessary process.We may have to collapse before we learn to walk again.
Posted by Syed Akbar Ali 

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