I pretty much felt that the political landscape of our motherland seems to be some sort of fabric repeatance. Why? Well because of the existence of "really good" politicians playing the arena of governance like a board game. Personalities such as Mahathir, Badawi, Khairy, Annuar, Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng, Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Karpal, Najib, Muhyiddin Yassin and Sammy Vellu really had added spice to the interest of my comrades Malaysians. Politiking any sort of situation, really drives the adrenaline of us to realised the impact of corrupted and greed fueled personalities. Like I've told you all that I've great interest in the topic of Romance of The Three Kingdoms. Well some of the past beings such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Dong Zhuo and other selected few really seems to have their personalities implicated among our politicians. Let identify those that i can see some likeliness.
Cao Cao, founder of the Wei empire and penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty will always be remembered as a sly and sneaky person throughout history. He always manipulates situation to suit his desires from miniature problematic occasion to situations that includes the presence of the Emperor himself. At one time long ago, he always cried (fake cried of course) infront of the Emperor to receive the majesty's blessings on the things that Cao wishes to do eventhough it directly benefits him at the cost of others. Being a crafty person in the art of poetry, this gives him an advantage to make and turn the stories one way or other to sound the way he wish his listener would thought it to be. A light ear-ed person would definitely fall for it. But mostly it takes a sneaky person to understand a sneaky person, but unfortunately during the crumbling times of the Eastern Han Dynasty, scholars are but of rare species to mingle around the imperial court.
These few characteristic are those that i could find from Cao Cao. Does it sounds familiar? Between Sammy Vellu, Badawi, Lim Guan Eng and Mahathir, which seems to fit into the jigsaw puzzle game? Definitely Mahathir. Look at him. His is sly and sneaky; he definitely functions like a puppeteer (manipulator) in the Parliament; he faked a cry infront of his UMNO dudes to stay away from corruption as it brings disaster to his race and finally he is very crafty to push the blame onto others in retaliation to the judicial scandal (Lingam case). Perfect matched. He may have brought light to our motherland, decreace the poverty level of Malaysians, widen the amount of middle-class citizens but there is always a cost for everything. Racial division gap which is the widest during his premiership. A divide and rule conqueror. A hypocrite by nature, and certainly a man of a thousand words to describe him negatively. His continuous lambastation towards the West, earning him a nickname "anti-semitic politiciant". Our world has come to a common understanding to tolerate other nation's existence. That is why the United Nation Organisation, lead by Ban Ki-Moon (Secretary-general) is an independent establishment to bind us all together as one. But, with people like Mahathir making a mess and mockery out of what has been established for the betterment of the world constitute a very negative view from the global network. Now as a retired politiciant, he still continuous his lambastation of opinions and criticism towards Badawi's administration clearly identify his true ulterior motive to remain as a shadow leader. Lets put it this way, before the election the Royal Commisionary of Inquiry (RCI)took such a long time to check the authencity of the Lingam recorded case, but right after the March 8th election that saw the massive showdown by fellow Malaysians against and authoritarian form of government, they had boosted up their performance and finally came to a conclusion to declare the authencity of the report and suggested a proper judgement case to be carried out. Public pressure had definitely been the catalyst for the immediate mobilisation by the RCI. Remembered that during the initial investigation when Mahathir was once called upon to testify the allegations that he was included in the Judiciary scandal, he continuously uttered "i don't remember" for all the question on his participation on the Lingam case. Then when the RCI underscored the need for a judgement to be carry out, Mahathir replied that he is ready to tell everything about the appointment of judges during his tenure as premier. All of a sudden he could remember everything, to be so confident that he knows alot about the judges lobbying for the post? Why now and not before when he was brought in as a withness for the RCI. As we all know, Mahathir is now scared of two (2) things. Firstly the acsension of the Prime Minister-in-waiting, Anwar Ibrahim whereby it would be a hell life for him when that comes and secondly is regarding the Lingam scandal whereby he would be prosecuted for corruption and judiciary selection interference. Mahathir is scared!. He is doing and mustering all his minions as fast as possible to make someone else to be the Prime Minister of Malaysia oustering Badawi. If Muhyiddin or Najib takes over, then Mahathir could at least had a say on the RCI. Because Badawi is too weak to interfere the RCI. Time is running out for Mahathir as his influence had drastically fallen off course since his decsention from his premiership. Its just matter of time when his Tunship will be strip to allow direct judgement on him. When that time comes, Malaysia of all walks of life whould cheer gleefully to the fallen dictator. No one likes him besides his family, not even his UMNO dudes, because the game for UMNO as, i say Malaysian politics is but a board game, is coming to an end, whereby we could utter the word "checkmate". The conqueror had been conquered. Thats the end of a dreadfull chapter in Malaysian politics. I wonder how long it takes for PR to fall just like BN/UMNO. Well never a political party titan could last forever. Somewhere will defintely be some short comings. Its just like past dynasties, whereby the lost of heaven (in our case would be voters) mandate, contributes to the downfall of titans. So finally Mahathir is replaying the racial cards again, calling Malays to protect their own sovereignty from Chinese and Indians whom he says are not respecting the Malays as "Tuans" anymore. Why bother listening to this old and sagging goat. Younger generations are brought up living together, why he wants to steer up tension. Personal benefit i supposed. Divde and rule conqueror. Or would it be the "last stand" for him, the end of the "mahathirism" era.
As for Liu Bei, he is always seen as a virtuous man by many commoners. He always gain support through self-sympathizing or self-victimization and always leads by millions of people who put their heart and soul to serve him. Seen to stand out the truth for the people.
This is no other than Anwar Ibrahim. He intiated the "reformasi movement" when he was arrested for corruption and sodomy under the judgement of Malaysian judges that was said to be orchestrated by Mahathir to oust his potential rival. Therefore, after the incident people sees Anwar as a virtuous man who fight for justice and anti-corruption. Untill the recent BERSIH protest, thousands of supporters throng the ground to support Anwar's call for a fair election and independent Election Commission. His self sympathizing effort also left mark for people to trust him on his words that he would help them as he personally had felt what they had felt making him a figure that stands out for the truth in every aspect of Malaysian governance. Personally I don not trust Anwar, I believe he has his ulterior agenda to carry on especially throwing Mahathir to jail just like the former premier had done to him in the past. He rised in the past as the new generation of nasionalism Malays that challenge other races for superiority during his university days. A person so strong like him who still refuses to give up and remain in politics gives me an impression that he had yet to change from the past. Neveretheless we are all in the same boat to bring down UMNO/BN to the ground therefore I spare you for now.
Next is Sun Quan whom seems to be an isolated man who emphasizes much on family building. This could be seen with the relationship between Lim Kit Siang and Guan Eng. Lim had groom Guan Eng to be able to command the DAP flagship in the future. The future remains bleak for us to conclude that DAP would remain relevent till that time. If there is a multiracial party governing Malaysia fairly, I see no need for a Chinese/Indian party to exist or a religious fundamentalist such as PAS to remain in the arena of politics. What i we need is unity of all races. We need develpment but certainly not at the expense of racial division. I object to such act if there is anyone wishes to do it. As for now, lets just enjoy a wonderfull show title "The crumbling of a titan-UMNO/BN".
AS you can see, characteristics of past leaders seems to coexist with our current politiciants. Interestingly, we have such a variety of them. Good, bad, cunning, old, bold, bald (Sammy) and so many others. That just add the cream for the best of it. Have a great time and to all my A-Level taking their finals friends best of luck!
