Mob rule: Tun M brings out the monster in Dapsters
TANJAK
It’s fair and reasonable to ask whether the 93-year-old Tun Mahathir Mohamad is fit enough to be prime minister again. Remember, the ex-premier has already undergone two heart bypass surgeries.
Apart from the two major operations mentioned, he had also been warded only last month at the National Heart Institute (IJN) for a chest infection.
⇓ Lim Guan Eng steadies Tun M as they negotiate some steps
The life expectancy of a bumiputera male is 71.4 years. Tun Mahathir’s has already surpassed that high watermark by more than two decades. Malaysia, on the other hand, is a youthful country.
Roughly a quarter of the country’s population is below 14 years of age while the median age for a Malaysian is 28.3 years. Voters around the globe are electing young leaders.
The chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz is 31 years old, the prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern is 37 and the president of France Emmanuel Macron, 40. All assumed office within the last year.
At his age, Tun Mahathir has instead let caution go to the wind and disregards any further restraint in public behaviour.
Tun’s sense of immunity due to his age makes him feel impervious to the law (e.g. Sedition Act) and results in an irresponsible and reckless taunting of the establishment. You can now call him Kepala Dapster.
He is setting a bad example to Malaysians, the majority of whom are young enough to be his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He’s showing kepimpinan melalui teladan for belligerence, heckling – see video below – and using abusive language.
