Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Mr. Who?

Anwar Ibrahim lodged a police report against IGP, Musa Hassan and Attorney-General, Gani Patail. Still, there's no report on the death threat.

And why is the US meddling with our internal affairs? What right does the US have to 'warn' us against any politically-motivated investigation of Anwar?

Anwar was known to be an anti-capitalist before he joined Umno in the early 1980s. When he became a minister, he said capitalism is good.

When he was a student leader (hmmm....Saiful Bukhari Azlan was also a student leader), he was "fighting" for the poor. When he had the power to improve the standard of living of the poor while he's in the cabinet, nothing was really done for them to prosper.

Anwar didn't believe in IT. While still in cabinet, he said, he doesn't understand all the buzz about "information superhighway" advocated by the then PM, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. Later, it was IT that helped spread his "reformation" movement through Keadilan.

So imagine, if he eventually become the PM after Dr. Mahathir, we won't be able to enjoy technology as much as we do now (although the broadband service is not so efficient) because Anwar don't have any technology inclination.

Just in case our non-Muslim friends forgot, Anwar was brought in to help Dr.Mahathir with his effort to inculcate Islamic values in his administration. This was also the deal that Anwar agreed upon for him to join Umno instead of Pas.

Yes, Anwar almost joined Pas then. Anwar is a Muslim fundamentalist. He has a strong following during his varsity days and it's not just limited to the university where he studied. Dr.Mahathir thought that it's better to bring Anwar into Umno instead of Pas. But later, I heard that it was Anwar who wanted to join Umno and he was never pursued by Dr. Mahathir.

From my personal experience with one of Anwar's sidekicks, I was told that it's a sin for a Muslim to vote for Umno. By right, as a Muslim, they should be voting for Pas. I'm referring to the 1986 general election and subsequently the 1987 Umno party election.

Anwar had strong support from Muslim students in other higher learning institutions as well. And through Anwar's influence (as a student leader then), these higher learning institutions introduced "kuliah subuh" or the morning religious sermons in campuses all over the country.

Anwar's education policy while he was the Minister of Education was skewed to benefit the Malays. His policy allows more Malays to score straight As. That's why the quality of our education is dwindling.

Sorry, I'm being long winded here and strayed from the original topic. But these are among reasons why I'm doubtful about Anwar although I don't believe the sodomy allegation against him.

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