First of all, I am not a supporter of Dr Mahathir Mohamad nor Anwar Ibrahim, although I sincerely believe the present government needs to do a lot more to improve the areas of transparency, accountability, judiciary, tolerance, people-oriented policies and fair distribution of the nation's wealth.

Secondly, I do not believe Anwar can bring relief to this country from all the problems that are besetting us. For as long as I can remember, he had been a willing participant in the scheme of things.

It is immature of him to claim that he was quiet all this while because he was trying to effect change from within. Is he trying to fool us into believing that for almost 16 years he had been fighting to change how things are perceived, thought of and executed in our corridors of power?

Why didn't he realise earlier that we are turning into a stinking carcass? And why didn't he quit when he realised that he could not bring about the renaissance that he waxed eloquent about?

Finally, he is just another consummate politician with his own agenda. He stayed by Mahathir's side for as long as he thought it would benefit him. When he saw the opportunity, he tried to pounce on Mahathir, forgetting that his adversary is a far greater tactician and manipulator who could smell danger hundreds of kilometres away.

He babbled about civil society, only to unleash his goondas and hoodlums the moment he lost his grip on power. He found it downright acceptable the acts of hurling stones and smashing telephone booths and other public properties and depriving people of their livelihood for the day.

He must be made to remember the cardinal function of any government is to protect and maintain law and order to ensure minimal disruptions to the public's daily life and conduct of economic activities.

Anwar languishes as a criminal, sentenced by a system that he helped to perpetrate to reach cancerous levels. It is merely a dose of his own medicine that he is tasting right now. As he did not improve the conditions in our prison cells when he was in power, he and his toadies have no right to clamour for special treatment now.

There is no compelling reason for him to get special medical attention overseas. His foreign medical adviser had wrongfully insulted our local doctors by questioning our capabilities.

Keadilan has lambasted the Health Ministry and the government-controlled media for twisting the facts. Anwar ought to know better. He swam in the system before the system drowned him.

Let him get his medical treatment here.