In a sign of national polls this year, Anwar has begun offering sweet talk and acting innocent.
It’s not a coincidence that the deplorable roads in your neighbourhood are being given a fresh surface of tar after years of sinkholes and potholes. It’s not a coincidence that the notorious UMNO Youth Chief Akmal Saleh has recently stopped terrorising ethnic Chinese and insulting Hindu temples. It’s not a coincidence that the government suddenly expanded diesel subsidy eligibility to jeeps and pickup trucks nationwide.
Likewise, it’s not a coincidence that the Madani is pussyfooting in its plan to exclude the Top 20% (T20) or upper-income brackets from fuel subsidy to reduce the RM4 billion monthly subsidy burden. It’s also not a coincidence that all lucky SPM 2025 students with 10As are granted automatic placement in the matriculation programme, after those with even an A- (A minus) were excluded in the previous year.
And it’s not a coincidence that Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) holders can now apply to public universities (IPTA) in Malaysia, even though those with A+ in Bahasa Melayu and History but without a full SPM qualification can apply for only four Chinese Language and Linguistics programmes. Still, even if you hold a full SPM qualification alongside your UEC, your success is not guaranteed.
Welcome to Election Year 2026. Anwar Ibrahim, walking on a slippery slope to secure a second term, is facing tremendous pressure internally and externally to call a snap election this year. The Prime Minister was jolted from sleep after Barisan Nasional (BN) – a partner in his unity government – announced its intention to go solo in the upcoming Johor state elections.
To hide his shock, Anwar claimed he was “not surprised” by BN’s announcement. To put up a brave face, he said the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, which he is leading, is ready to fight. Yet, he was terribly upset, whining that BN’s decision to go solo is a “betrayal” of their unity government partnership. Given a chance, the PM would like to stretch his 5-year term to the fullest as he has no confidence of winning.
Making matters worse is the “threat” from a new party – Parti Bersama Malaysia (Malaysian United Party or MU) – formed by Rafizi Ramli, former economy minister and also ex-deputy president of Anwar’s PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat or People’s Justice Party). Although Rafizi is unlikely to topple Anwar on its own, he could dilute reformist voters who voted for PH to power in November 2022.
Anwar’s PKR could and should flex its muscles by sending a strong message to both BN and breakaway MU. To show that PKR is still very powerful and influential, it could trigger by-elections in Rafizi Ramli’s Pandan or Nik Nazmi’s Setiawangsa parliamentary seats. If victorious, it would not only teach Rafizi and his gang a lesson but also put the traitor BN in his place.
However, the Election Commission said there would be no by-elections for the Pandan and Setiawangsa seats after Dewan Rakyat (Lower House) Speaker Johari Abdul announced there was no requirement to fill the vacancies – even though PM Anwar could actually justify one. PKR chooses to chicken out – afraid it could not snatch either a seat from Rafizi or Nik Nazmi.
With Johor, currently under the Barisan Nasional’s administration, set to dissolve its State Legislative Assembly to pave the way for a state election following talk of a special state assembly sitting on June 24, which would eventually force PM Anwar’s hand, the PH is slowly – but surely – drifting into campaign mode before a general election that must be held by February 17, 2028.
In another sign of national polls this year, forked-tongue Anwar Ibrahim has begun offering sweet talk and acting innocent. Speaking at the National Wesak Conference, the doublespeak chameleon – realising his declining popularity – begs and urges the peace-loving majority to speak up against narratives of hatred and slander being propagated by a so-called minority group against society in the country.
“This is like a tyranny of the minority. A small group is forcing the larger majority into submission. It is time for Malaysians to decide. Enough with politics built on hatred and discord. Let the majority say enough and move forward wisely and compassionately so that we improve the lives of all Malaysians,” argued the PM, pretending as if he were not part of the tyranny group.
Yes, the country’s biggest con artist pretends as if he doesn’t know hate-mongers and preachers like Akmal Saleh, Zakir Naik, Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu, Firdaus Wong, Ridhuan Tee, and Mohd Asri, whom he protects and defends. Perhaps DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke should enlighten his favourite PM that Zamri Vinoth has had at least 894 police reports lodged against him nationwide.
Even if Anwar has selective memory like former PM Mahathir Mohamad, choosing not to remember Zamri Vinoth, the Premier surely can’t claim ignorance about Akmal Saleh. This UMNO mobster, racist and bully has been terrorising Chinese interests right under the nose of the prime minister. Heck, the UMNO gangster has also criticised Anwar’s policies and statements.
Anwar lectures that the concept of love and compassion found in all religions must be translated into daily life, rather than replaced with hatred and division. Was he trying to shamelessly brag about the amount of love and compassion he had sacrificed for his beloved comrade – former Prime Minister Najib Razak – with 50% and 75% discounts, respectively, for the crook’s original 12-year jail sentence and RM210 million fine?
On social and economic justice, the Premier, known for broken promises, said he fully supports efforts to help Bumiputeras who are still poor, but at the same time, assistance must be channelled to all needy Malaysians regardless of race. While his statement sounds like sacred religious texts emitting rays of light from the sky, it is full of contradiction, confusion, and a conflicting set of logic that produces compilation errors.
His holy statement would easily crash a computer program. You can’t withdraw RM500 with 10 pieces of RM50 notes and at the same time want five pieces of RM10 notes. You have to reduce the number of RM50 notes, which means sacrificing some Bumiputeras, or abandon the idea of having RM10 notes, which means leaving non-Malays to fend for themselves (but continue to pay taxes!).
That’s why, while almost every Malay or Bumiputera can enter public universities, the same cannot be said about other minority races. Even UEC students who passed Bahasa Melayu and History with flying colours at the SPM level continue to face restrictions, discrimination, obstacles, and quotas. A UEC holder with just 5As could enter Singapore NUS and NTU to study mechanical engineering, but not in Malaysia.
Hilariously, the disgraced Prime Minister has no idea that he was slapping himself when he also expressed concern over the rise of divisive rhetoric exploiting race and religion, saying such narratives often stemmed from ignorance and manipulated emotions rather than genuine understanding. Has Anwar forgotten how he bullied a female Indian student in August 2023?
During a dialogue session at Kolej Matrikulasi Penang, when a student of Indian ethnicity asked Anwar when the discriminatory “quota system” would be abolished and replaced by a meritocracy system, the PM rudely interrupted the student before criticising her for asking a sensitive question. He even admitted that abolishing the quota entirely would cause his government to lose all elections.
Has Anwar Ibrahim also conveniently forgotten how he, playing race and religion cards in desperation to win Malay votes, had provocatively declared “Victory” after he bulldozed the construction of “Madani Mosque” in Kuala Lumpur? To make way for the mosque, the 130-year-old Dewi Sri Pathrakaliamman temple was forced to be relocated some 50 metres away.
At the holy Wesak Day celebrations, the Malaysian leader even has the cheek to say the country must have the courage to acknowledge weaknesses, including issues of corruption and misappropriation involving tens of billions of ringgit. Did he remember how, despite overwhelming video clip evidence, he fiercely protected and defended corrupt Sabah politicians, including Sabah Chief Minister Hajiji?
Not only did the Madani government refuse to acknowledge weaknesses, but it was in denial over corruption in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Heck, he had even extended Azam Baki’s contract as the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner three times, even after the scandals involving Azam’s share misappropriation were widely reported and exposed.
Even after Bloomberg’s reports on corporate shareholding irregularities and “corporate mafia” involving Azam Baki’s agency, the PM defended his errand boy despite public demands to remove the MACC chief. “He is doing his job. Why attack him? Why insult people who do their work?” said the arrogant Anwar. Instead of investigating Azam, he ordered authorities to harass Bloomberg and threaten critics instead.
The last thing people want is for Anwar to express his twisted version of the concept of love and compassion by continuing to pardon crooks like Najib, Rosmah, Zahid and other thieves with UMNO DNA, while silently promoting corruption, corporate mafia, cronyism, nepotism, racism, extremism, hypocrisy, discrimination, dynastic politics, and whatnot within his own circles.
Directly or indirectly, Anwar is clearly the leader responsible for defending, protecting, and encouraging – even practising himself – the culture of sowing hatred, spreading slander, instilling fear, oppressing minorities, spewing racial rhetoric, manipulating emotions, and preaching favouritism. And he still has the cheek to scam voters with lectures about “tyranny of the minority”. – Finance Twitter