Pakatan must introduce its prime minister now
There is this one question that need to be answered now: if Pakatan Rakyat (PR) were to secure enough parliamentary seats come 2018 to form a federal government, who then from PR would be the prime minister? If that answer is not clear now in 2015, how am I to vote in 2018?
Puthan Perumal, The Malaysian Insider
A subliminal message is normally defined as anything that sends you a message without your knowledge of it, usually picked up on by your subconscious mind.
It would not be too far fetched to say or suggest that Malaysia is in a dire need of a new “hero” or a leader. Let us forget about the political parties for a moment. They are all in a mess at the moment. Let’s just focus on a leader.
While it is true that the leader of Malaysia is essentially based on its political landscape which in turn is based on the political party or components or coalition that has majority seats in Parliament, we seem to have overlooked the need for a strong and trustworthy leader of the country. A party president is not necessarily a strong leader of a nation.
There is this one question that need to be answered now: if Pakatan Rakyat (PR) were to secure enough parliamentary seats come 2018 to form a federal government, who then from PR would be the prime minister?
If that answer is not clear now in 2015, how am I to vote in 2018?
As voters and as lay people, and most of us are, we are not that deeply rooted in politics or are aware of the machinery in politics.
When I was young, I remember there was a strong leader called Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad (now Tun). He sort of kept everything in check. It was a no brainer who was going to be the prime minister when he was around because the elections and the campaign surrounding them essentially revolved around Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Yes, there was his party called Umno Baru and his fellow component parties, called MCA, MIC, Gerakan etc, but the lay people voted or wanted to vote for Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. If they couldn’t vote for him, they wanted to vote for some party that was linked to him, hence the importance of the “dacing” sign.
It has always been that way.
Today in 2015, Malaysia has gone one full circle and is now back in the hunt for that new strong leader. It is for that reason that PR should, beginning from, like immediately, decide who would be the prime minister from their coalition and campaign around the country introducing that “new” prime minister, so to speak.
Should they decide and start campaigning immediately for the next 3 years or so, depending, a subliminal message would be sent out to Malaysians that there is a new leader vying for the position of prime minister and people would inevitably be curious. That itself is a good start.
