After GE14, PM Marina, DPM Nurul?
Please, No News Is Bad News readers, don’t take our above headline seriously!
It’s just a “feel good” headline and a personal hope for a miracle dream come true.
Well, Malaysians, doesn’t it feel good? Having Malaysia’s first woman tag-team prime minister and deputy prime minister?
This is what happens when the daughters of Malaysia’s two political icons meet. You set tongues a wagging and stimulates all sorts of hopes and dreams for a better Malaysia - socially, economically and politically.
After all, having Marina Mahathir and Nurul Izzah Anwar pictured together having such a warm moment was never seen before until after that politically historic handshake in a court room on Sept 5, 2016, between Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim.
Now, seriously, to hope for the woman tag-team No.1 and 2 to come true is really too much.
But, realistically, it is possible for one of them to become Malaysia’s first woman prime minister, don’t you think so?
Arguably, and at a risk of being labelled a sexist, there is a perception in Malaysia that a capable woman prime minister may be more trustworthy in more counts than men.
For men, there is always the “entertainment” factor, thus more exposure to corruption.
Women leaders face less of such exposure, like being invited to a night club or a karaoke rendezvous.
Again, such a statement risks inviting flak from readers, but just take it with a pinch of salt, please.
Corruption knows no gender, right?
Now, this post is about this Malaysian-banned Malaysia Chronicle online news portal article:
"‘MY FATHER CHOSE TO MOVE BEYOND PERSONAL SUFFERING’: NURUL BREAKS HER SILENCE ON DR M HANDSHAKE
Politics | September 9, 2016 by | 0 Comments
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 Anwar's daughter Nurul Izzah with Dr M's daughter Marina |
In an interview with Australia-based programme ABC’s News 24, Nurul Izzah, the PKR vice-president, described the encounter between Anwar Ibrahim and Dr Mahathir as “not easy”.
“The fact that my father shook his hand and managed a warm smile, symbolised the importance of moving forward to strengthen Malaysia’s democracy rather than focusing on personal suffering,” she was quoted as saying.
On Monday, Mahathir made a surprised appearance at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to show support for Anwar’s application to challenge the National Security Act 2016, which grants a council headed by the prime minister emergency-like powers.
It was the first meeting between the two men in 18 years after then prime minister Mahathir sacked his deputy Anwar and had him jailed for sodomy and abuse of power.
Anwar claimed both charges were politically motivated.
Anwar was freed in 2004 after the sodomy charge was overturned but he was put behind bars again in 2015 under Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak based on a similar charge.
Mahathir had throughout the years and until recently, insisted he was right in sacking Anwar due to “moral issues”.
However, Mahathir appears ready to reconcile with Anwar now amid his attempts to unite the opposition against BN under Najib in the 14th general election.
Mahathir, who led Umno as president for 22 years, had quit the party, and together with his loyalists, formed Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), a splinter Umno party.
The party was set up after Najib proved impossible to dislodge from within Umno.
The former prime minister had accused Najib of corruption and demanded that he resign but Umno grassroots have thus far stood behind the latter."
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