COMMENT | 'Every politician wants to claim they hold the key to the masses.'
| Dr Mahathir Mohamad never answers a political question directly. When journalists asked whether he would make a comeback in the next general election, he said maybe – only if the people will it. He told the press that many people still visit him every day, telling him to contribute his experience to the country.
Every time the country dips into a crisis, only one man could “save” her. And it seems that nobody but the man who held the highest office in the country for 24 years could do so. Like every politician, the answer of “the people’s will” is a convenient escape. When Pakatan Harapan lost power in early March, they called the new government illegitimate because it was formed against the people’s will. When Perikatan Nasional came into power, they said this was the government of the people’s will.
Every politician wants to claim they hold the key to the masses. Having the people’s will is a sacred validation; misusing the people’s will is a sacrilegious violation...
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