COMMENT | Malaysian politics: Nothing much has changed

COMMENT | If there is anything I have observed about Malaysian politics, it is how my cynicism has multiplied. I am one step away from believing our nation is on a “nihilistic trajectory” but will reserve that transitionary phase for the next few weeks.

I will not wait 100 days.

Meanwhile, the mounting adjectives to describe citizens’ reactions to the politicking around us are “infuriating, frustrating, depressing, desperate, and exasperating”.

These emotions have appeared in various forms on social media, in the form of memes and brilliant cartoons. Excellent entertainment, but I feel they will have no impact whatsoever, on the leaders we have today.

A week ago, I penned a somewhat hopeful and optimistic column, giving Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob the benefit of the doubt.

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