Anwar S Enormous Challenge In Selling The Rhetoric
The local media reported that the Madani government is targeting to clean up all forms of abuse of power and the “mess” caused by corruption within the next two to three years, especially involving “big sharks” or high-profile individuals.
Thus, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has come up with a new commitment (or iltizam as Anwar is fond of using Arabic terms).
He reminds all that this determination requires uncompromised strictness towards any party involved, whether they are a minister, a chief secretary, a director-general, or those who have retired.
Any attempt by the government to clean up all forms of abuse of power and the “mess” caused by corruption is definitely a laudable move. No one is disputing it.
Perhaps Malaysians have been listening ad nauseam to similar promises, and perhaps they also tend to believe that the present government is infatuated with making a great deal of promises and yet can’t keep most of them.
Ergo, the promises are often known to be eventually breached rather than adhered to.
Elephant in the room
The biggest challenge faced by the Madani government is certainly to satisfactorily convince voters that it is extremely serious in walking the talk.
As long as Anwar fails to convince voters as to why his deputy Ahmad Zahid Hamidi should still stay in the cabinet when he was granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) for his notorious 47 criminal charges (inclusive of corruption charges) and had yet to be re-indicted hitherto, he may face the Herculean challenge to “sell his rhetoric”.

Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid HamidiThe news that the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) had dropped corruption charges against Zahid, thus letting the leader of a key partner in the ruling coalition walk free, has invariably raised questions about Anwar’s promise to fight graft.
News agency Reuters, for instance, reported that Anwar needs the support of Zahid’s Umno to maintain a parliamentary majority, but the prosecutors’ decision to drop the case will always invite scrutiny over the government’s stance on corruption cases.
In Parliament, the opposition blocs have been steadfastly raising this issue as well. Muda has also launched a campaign demanding that the AGC reopen its case into Zahid’s corruption and abuse of power charges.
Anyway, a good try, sir, but it seems to be a poor delivery! - Mkini
MOHAMED HANIPA MAIDIN is a former deputy minister of law.
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