COMMENT | Good optics should be followed up with right action

COMMENT | If you go to any family gathering during the festive season or hang out at the mamak with friends, I bet that one of the topics of conversation would be about how the current government isn’t doing a good job or that they aren’t delivering on all the promises that they have made before getting into power.

Is there truth in any of these? Well, maybe. They’ve only been in power for over a year. They still have another three years or so to serve.

Don’t forget that this is also a so-called unity government that is seeing parties outside of the original coalitions during the campaigning period joining forces to form the administration.

Just like when a government is formed via a confidence and supply agreement, the different parties need to discuss and reach a compromise when it comes to the different agendas and manifestos that they want to bring forward once they are in the government.

But here’s the thing...