Malaysiakini : Given the rise of the “Green Wave”, a right-thinking leader would hasten reforms such as dismantling repressive laws and reforming the education system to ensure the next generation would have a chance to secure a better future for themselves.

And if the Tambun MP has any foresight, he would also speed up the process of putting agencies such as the MACC under strict parliamentary purview to ensure no one can abuse state apparatuses in the future to silence critics, but Anwar doesn’t seem to get that.

As such, the DAP must rein in Anwar and knock some sense into him. One can make as much sacrifice as they want to - provided the person benefiting from it takes that opportunity to do the right thing.

But in this case, DAP must see by now that Anwar is using its sacrifice by running down almost every ideal DAP stood for over the decades, with equality and transparency becoming “victims” in his quest to please the rightwing forces.

And DAP itself should never take its supporters for granted. While I do agree with certain people’s assessment that non-Malays and progressives would back Harapan despite Anwar’s poor performance out of fear of PN coming into power, that argument may not hold for long.

It’s just that they lack credible alternatives to swing their votes for now. However, if parties like Muda and PSM (perhaps even a loose group like Gerak Independent) could market themselves better, there is no reason why non-Malays would not back them in the next polls.

Hence, I hope DAP will do what it takes to ensure reforms are implemented as soon as possible; if not for the nation’s sake, then at least for their own political survival.

As for the French Revolution, I may not be an expert in world history but perhaps the Tambun MP should understand what happened between 1789 and 1799 was a revolution, where law and order took a backseat.

But Malaysia changed its government through an electoral process which went smoothly without any untoward incident.

Plus, our security forces maintained order in the country all throughout. In case Anwar was sleeping while these were happening – since 2018 – our bureaucracy and security forces have shown that they were capable of running the nation’s day-to-day affairs while politicians were running around trying to get support to form the government.

Oh yeah, as for Maximilien Robespierre, he was sent to the chopping block (pun intended) because he failed to implement the very reforms he preached to the masses which led to the nation’s monarchs being overthrown.

In fact, from my reading, Robespierre became worse than King Louis XVI when it came to suppressing dissent.

Sounds eerily familiar, doesn’t it, saudara Anwar?