Anwar <3 Zahid?

Given the news of the dropping of 47 corruption and other charges against Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi, Murray Hunter seems to have been spot on when, in December 2022 ,he wrote, “There is no doubt a new attorney general and public prosecutor, will either drop the charges, or in ‘sandiwara’ (roleplay) manner argue Zahid’s prosecution poorly enough to force an acquittal. What is important here was that High Court Judge Yazid Mustafa in Zahid’s recent case, ruled the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against Zahid.”

My own take on this is that, in collaborating with UMNO to form his Unity Government, Anwar, arguably, crossed over to take leadership (by proxy no doubt) of the Party that had kicked him out under the auspices of his nemesis, Mahathir Mohamed. Now, with Zahid on the tight leash of the DNAA (discharge not amounting to an acquittal ), there may be a strong incentive for his UMNO to conform to Anwar’s imperatives. With reference to Mariam Moktar’s scathing critique of his Malaysia Madani agenda, this news makes it seem that Anwar Ibrahim has moved on, leaving his Reformasi and Harapan fellows reeling and blinking in the dust whipped up in his wake. Alternatively, he is just moving forward pragmatically, with the imperative of securing the prevailing Multi-ethnic Malaysian governance paradigm, in the face of an impending Green Tsunami led by PAS, as outlined by none other than the same Mariam Mokhtar.

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