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By Mihar Dias September 2025
PMX has reminded us that leaders must be clean, policies clear, and the rakyat well cared for. https://newswav.com/A2509_rnVmYK?s=A_NY4YlE4&language=en
All excellent reminders — rather like telling us that nasi lemak should come with tasty sambal. True, but not exactly breaking news.
Well, it i election season, of course, so everyone is suddenly a rakyat-loving hero. They shake hands, smile for selfies, and declare their undying love for potholes (which mysteriously get patched pronto).
The rakyat, meanwhile, politely clap — because they’ve seen enough sequels to know how the plot usually goes.
PMX emphasised that leaders “must not steal the people’s money.”
A noble call, though it sometimes feels like reminding drivers not to run the red light: obvious, necessary, but somehow still worth repeating every few months.
He also said policies must be clear. Indeed. Malaysians like clarity — though too often the clarity is crystal only at the press conference, and foggy by the time it reaches the cafe or the koner kopi tiam.
Then there was the gentle advice to Sabahans: pick leaders who can work with the federal government, finish highways, and serve the people. https://newswav.com/A2509_rnVmYK?s=A_NY4YlE4&language=en
Sound guidance, though it does feel like the rakyat are being reminded to remind their leaders.
Still, the best part was the backdrop: a gathering marking 27 years of “reform.” That’s about as long PMX has been waiting for to be what he has wanted to be. https://newswav.com/A2509_rnVmYK?s=A_NY4YlE4&language=en
That is nearly three decades of spring cleaning. At this rate, Malaysia may well qualify for the Guinness World Record in “the longest ongoing housework.” it sounds like a restaurant in Bangsar Shopping Centre, called WIP, Work In Progress.
Yes, PMX is right: leaders must be clean. But for Malaysians, the bigger dream is that one day, politics itself will not feel like laundry day — where we keep washing, rinsing, and hanging out the same promises, waiting for them to finally dry.
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