Retorting Nurul’s satire
Dear Ms Nurul Izzah
You talked about reformasi and justice. You talked about change. You portrayed as if we the people of Malaysia were to give you a chance, you would create a utopia, where everything is perfect. If I may, as an ordinary rakyat, ask you a few questions:
1. Your acceptance of Tun Dr Mahathir, the man, which you have demonised as a totalitarian and dictator for 20 years, is now your best choice for change? How is it he has changed? He named himself as Pakatan Harapan’s top dog before any proper consensus amongst you were made. Is that the attitude of a changed man?
2. Mahathir supported the repealing of the National Securities laws, but didn’t he grumbled about the repealing of the Internal Security Act? By the way, he never retracted those grumblings.
3. Is Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) not just a splinter from UMNO? Their structure mirrors UMNO. You want us to chose a party made of disgruntled UMNO members? A party headed by Mahathir and his son?
3. You talked about democracy but why is it your party is headed by your father, the President is your mother, Vice President is you, and your fathers former Political Secretary?
4. All you do is talked about change and it was actually believable for a time. But then you U-turned and embraced the man, who is the very epitome of everything you stood against? Are we that gullible? Maybe your reasons for doing so is justified but the road to hell is paved with good intentions. What is wrong with sticking to your original principles? Why embrace the evil, which had wrought many ills on this country?
Previously your genuine idealism was very appealing. Now its genuinely Machiavellian i.e. you have truly embraced Mahathir in his ways. Are we truly dearth of young leaders, who could lead us into the future?
5. The final question. Mostly, you talked all the negatives of the current ruling government. What have you personally done to show you are the better alternative? I admire your passion and charisma, but what have you done to make our lives (those of us who live in your constituency) better? What programs or consistent efforts have you done to make it better?
