Muhyiddin is finally talking about the economy.
It took him long enough.
He had 7 months since the GE 15 to talk about it, but he only managed to bring his attention to the subject now.
If you were to ask anyone, what did Muhyiddin say or do since GE 15, all of us will probably say: “Nothing. He did absolutely nothing.”
The most interesting news that came out from him in the last 7 months was that he has been charged in court for corruption. Even this was not something that he did, but something that was done to him.
Say what you want about PAS and Hadi, but at least they did something. They called the non-Malays “plunderers”, “con artists”, threatened the safety of non-Malays and even said that Penang belonged to Kedah.
While I did not appreciate how nasty PAS become in order to win, but at least I can appreciate the fact that they were trying to win.
In comparison, Muhyiddin did absolutely nothing.
He just sat on his hands and waited for victory to fall on his laps.
The problem with Muhyiddin is that everything he does is half-baked. He doesn't see things through. He will suddenly do something like meet KJ or meet Mahathir, but then he won't follow up on it. He will expect everybody else to do something and wait for victory to fall on his lap.
Muhyiddin is forever waiting for good things to fall on his lap. Even when he had the majority of MP's supporting his candidacy as the PM after GE 15, he didn't see it through simply because he was waiting for victory to drop on his lap.
Now suddenly, he is talking about the economy. Suddenly he notices that “there have been a lot of grumblings about the way the economy is being handled, the rising cost of living, the rise in interest rates, and a lacklustre Bursa Malaysia.”
Suddenly he is complaining that Anwar is “incapable of controlling the prices of goods" and that Anwar's unity government is “unstable and in danger of collapsing anytime.”
The problem here is, even if Muhyiddin manages to convince us that he is right, so what?
Even if we believe that Anwar is really incapable of managing the economy or that Anwar's government can collapse anytime, what are we supposed to do? Vote for PN and him? Why? What can we expect him to do about the economy? Why would his government be any more stable than Anwar's government?
For all his faults, at least Anwar can think on his feet. We might doubt as to whether Anwar has a plan to address the situation with the economy, but at least we have faith that he will make something up along the way.
If Muhyiddin was the one in charge, all that will probably happen is that he will suddenly do something, but he won't follow through, instead he will just wait for everything to work out in his favour, and when it doesn't, he will retreat and get us all back to where we started.
Anwar might not have a plan to go forward, but at least we can see that he has immense willpower to go forward.
Muhyiddin has nothing. The only thing that Muhyiddin has is a hope that everything will fall into his lap.
Muhyiddin was perhaps too rash in boasting that “We (PN) don’t have any problems; PH has a lot of internal problems.”
It is indeed true that PN has shown admirable unity until recently, but the rumours that cracks has appeared between Hamzah and him are probably not just rumours.
Post GE 15, Muhyiddin had the initiative, the momentum and a large depository of support. I seriously doubt that he has any of it now. He lost it all by doing nothing and just waiting for things to happen in his favour.
If PN loses the 6 state elections, which I predict will likely happen, Hamzah will have grounds to topple Muhyiddin, because to lose even after having so much advantage, is a clear sign that one is not fit to lead.
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