Syed Saddiq blames UMNO for the current political instability, but just as he says that, he continues, in his own way, to dismantle the only current viable opposition to UMNO in his PKR-MUDA spats.
But such behaviour shouldn’t surprise anyone, after all, Saddiq himself has done more than enough to destabilize governments judging from his behaviour back in PH.
Bear in mind that it was as recently as two years that he publicly denounced several key members of the party for “pressuring” Tun Dr Mahathir to step down as Prime Minister, and hand over the baton to PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as promised.
Right down till the end, he would put himself in front of the line of fire to protect Mahathir, even as Mahathir’s position remained untenable in the eyes of the public.
Such was his attempts at being a political Machiavelli that even racial relations were not sacrosanct for him.
We all remember Dr Zakir Naik’s disparaging remarks against the Chinese and Indian communities, where Syed Saddiq was quick to jump on the bandwagon as a hero defending the rights of Malaysian minorities. After Dr Zakir Naik’s questions on the loyalty of Chinese and Indian citizens of Malaysia – Syed Saddiq publicly stated that the fugitive preacher should be deported back to India.
Lo and behold, within two weeks, the former blue-eyed boy of Tun Dr Mahathir invited the preacher for a meal in his home and called for Malaysians to move on as Dr Zakir Naik has “apologised” for his remarks.
The willingness to u-turn quickly just paints the picture that he is a political chameleon with no real principles. It probably would not have mattered much if he did an excellent job as the Minister of Youth and Sports – alas he did not. Aside from lowering the voting age (which was wanted by both sides anyways), his tenure has been unremarkable at best.
Back in the Pakatan days, there was a near total abandonment of the reforms and improvements promised by him and Pakatan Harapan from GE14. His detractors might cite the almost parodic absence of free EPL screenings on public television, but it belies a fundamental lack of respect on part of the current government towards its obligations towards the rakyat.
Unfortunately, we see the same patterns with his new party MUDA.
It seems out of sheer spite, he has chosen to send viable candidates to fail in seats such as Larkin – just to show that MUDA is willing and able to put its foot down.
Even then, he has given to response towards the various statements seemingly putting down DAP’s pro-Chinese image nor defend them infront of Malay voters as seen in the recent interview with Lim Jit Wei.
As Malaysians approach the voting booth tomorrow, we can only hope that MUDA will learn from the lessons of the past and forge a new path for the youth of Malaysia – hopefully one away from Saddiq.
But such behaviour shouldn’t surprise anyone, after all, Saddiq himself has done more than enough to destabilize governments judging from his behaviour back in PH.
Right down till the end, he would put himself in front of the line of fire to protect Mahathir, even as Mahathir’s position remained untenable in the eyes of the public.
Such was his attempts at being a political Machiavelli that even racial relations were not sacrosanct for him.
We all remember Dr Zakir Naik’s disparaging remarks against the Chinese and Indian communities, where Syed Saddiq was quick to jump on the bandwagon as a hero defending the rights of Malaysian minorities. After Dr Zakir Naik’s questions on the loyalty of Chinese and Indian citizens of Malaysia – Syed Saddiq publicly stated that the fugitive preacher should be deported back to India.
Lo and behold, within two weeks, the former blue-eyed boy of Tun Dr Mahathir invited the preacher for a meal in his home and called for Malaysians to move on as Dr Zakir Naik has “apologised” for his remarks.
The willingness to u-turn quickly just paints the picture that he is a political chameleon with no real principles. It probably would not have mattered much if he did an excellent job as the Minister of Youth and Sports – alas he did not. Aside from lowering the voting age (which was wanted by both sides anyways), his tenure has been unremarkable at best.
Back in the Pakatan days, there was a near total abandonment of the reforms and improvements promised by him and Pakatan Harapan from GE14. His detractors might cite the almost parodic absence of free EPL screenings on public television, but it belies a fundamental lack of respect on part of the current government towards its obligations towards the rakyat.
Unfortunately, we see the same patterns with his new party MUDA.
Even then, he has given to response towards the various statements seemingly putting down DAP’s pro-Chinese image nor defend them infront of Malay voters as seen in the recent interview with Lim Jit Wei.
As Malaysians approach the voting booth tomorrow, we can only hope that MUDA will learn from the lessons of the past and forge a new path for the youth of Malaysia – hopefully one away from Saddiq.
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