Carolyn Khor's blog

Of late, PH+ politicians have carelessly thrown around words like 'betrayer' and 'traitor'. What I cannot understand is that these words are only used on certain leaders who do not support Anwar as the 9th PM. On the other hand, potential leaders who have been identified as friendly MPs and are being courted to join Anwar are shielded from such lables. These two scenarios are in fact two sides of the same coin.  Why can Anwar openly meet and entice MPs from other parties to join PH+ while PH leaders who have being identified to be sacked or suspended cannot meet up with other leaders? Where is the logic behind this double standard? Even DAP and Amanah have not been spared from being labled as such. Is supporting Tun M for six months an act of betrayal? If having dignity is such a priority, then Anwar should have had better sense than to work with Tun M during GE14.  DAP and Amanah are between a rock and a hard place. Of course, nobody wants to be on a losing team, and e...

There is no point at all fighting over whether Tun M or Anwar will become the PM candidate. 1. By default, the Opposition Leader will become the next PM if the ruling government loses support - so why did it become an issue in the first place? 2. Even if these two men were working together, the numbers still do not make a winning combination. 3. What makes DAP and Amanah want to support Tun M for six months? What is in it for them?  4. Why do Anwar supporters only support Anwar despite not having the numbers? 5. PKR should just discard DAP and PH, just like how it culled its own party members.  Consider this: 1. The people are sick and tired of elderly politicians fighting over the PM post.  2. The country needs a fresh and young face, preferably a young candidate as the next PM.  Anwar and PKR could team up with Muhyiddin and UMNO; and Tun could team up with DAP, Amanah, GPS, Warisan, Azmin, and PAS.  Who knows? It might work. 

Just as the Covid-19 crisis is about to let up, the political horse-trading and psywar by Pakatan Harapan and Tun Dr Mahathir intensifies. As if still not satisfied with the Agong’s confidence in the current government, Pakatan Harapan and Mahathir’s operatives are still hard at work to convince, especially the MPs to crossover so that Perikatan National may fall. The question then is: Fall to whom - Mahathir or Anwar? According to the Registrar of Societies, Mahathir is no longer in PPBM. Challenging the matter in court is a separate issue. As of the present moment, Mahathir is merely an independent MP who is an ally of Pakatan Harapan. And unless he agrees again, to support Anwar as the potential Prime Minister, there is no way these two men can work together. Neither is Perikatan Nasional strong; but it is definitely more stable than having two men at each other’s throats all the time. As economists indicate, there is a looming recession in the months to come due to Covid-19. We sim...