NUMBER ONE SLOT: ACHIEVEMENT/FULFILLMENT VS DISAPPOINTMENT.
Any intellectually educated sane individual who is
religiously,politically,economically,socially and culturally
motivated, generally aims to be in number one position.
According to Mao Tze Tung ; " A journey of thousand
miles begins at the first step".First step means step
number one.The time span spreading between the
beginning of step number one and achieving your
ambition to be in position number one constitutes
the actual activities in operation of a long journey
on which experience is actually developed and acquired.
The formula to get there are many and varied depending
on the available choices, orientations, opportunities and options.
The most essential ingredients are health,wealth, training,
discipline,patience and endurance.The other characteristics
are age,qualities,vision,experience,intellectual capacities,
managerial abilities and political acumen.
Indeed a religiously trained mind filled with compassion,
readily forgiving attitude and imbibed with a very committed
sense of dedication and sincerity of purpose in life,
is another appealing "formula One" requirement for the slot.
Based on the above assumptions let us analyse and apportion
our conceptualized judgement against the back ground of the
TWO TOWERING POLITICAL PERSONALITIES of Malaysia.
The incumbent is struggling to retain while the competitor is
trying to recapture the slot after PRU 13.I purposely employed
the word recapture because he was almost there at one time.
Let us now review all the externally known and exposed qualities
of these two personalities which form important contributory factors
as basis of our human judgement in addition to undeniably clear
and final determination of all human plans by the Almighty God
Both are healthy and wealthy in their own right.Both have choices,
orientations, opportunities and options.Both are almost similar
in age,dedication, commitments, visions,intellectual capacities
and managerial abilities.Although both originally emerged from the
same political institution (UMNO) they,however, acquired political
experiences and acumen from diverging sources and options.The
incumbent inherited the ready made political ladder through
expediencies unexpectedly created by unavoidable natural event
in return for contributory gratitude of his late father, the second
Prime Minister of Malaysia.
As a hereditary inheritor of political aristocracy his meteoric rise
to power is smooth,plain and uninhibited. Except for two most
challenging experiences he faced during the UMNO fight between
Dr.Mahathir/Tenguku Razeleigh/Musa in 1987 during which he threw
his loyalty to DR. Mahathir and the fierce competition for one
Vice Presidents post in UMNO together with the "Raft Team"
under Datuk Seri Anuar Ibrahim gang against Pak lah, his political
ascendancy right up to now was essentially easy and uncomplicated.
The real test of his political mantle happened after he assumed the
top slot after taking over the country's political administration with
out two third parliamentary majority after 2008 dismal result of BN
losing four States Government.His two immediate challenges are
to secure a two third majority of Parliament and to retain Putra Jaya.
As an aristocrat and having been studying in England most of his
young days, he is very much influenced by western culture and
hence his religious education is very much short of national requirement.
His life style before entering active politic was very much detached from
the ordinary kampong folks of Malaysian society.
Compare with his competitor Datuk Seri Anuar Ibrahim,his rise to power
was not through bed of roses but sieving in between thorns and bricks
walls guarded with tight security covering and spanning over a three
phases of struggle beginning as university student activist in early sixties
continuing until he headed an Islamic organisation ABIM.He has a short
respite when Dr.Mahathir Mohammad, out of desperation to win back
Muslim supports, he conveniently enlisted him into UMNO where he
cleverly manipulated his position right up to number two position with in
a very short period.In fact he became Najib boss when he was in number
two slot under Mahathir as education and finance minister respectively.
His "open card sincerity and trust" with his boss inclusive of personal social
activities,unfortunately incriminated his past immediate contributions to help
restore his boss Islamic Image among the public.What originally appears as
a minor socially and religiously unacceptable behavior was blown by the entire
media out of proportion as if he has committed the most heinous crime of
the century.This was followed by a serious conspiracy with in UMNO trying
to get him out through sacking and criminal charges of sodomy and abuse of
power.The political process to dethrone him took years until he ended up in
prison and thereafter band him from taking part in political activities for a set
period.Fortunately for him and his supporters and sad for some, Pak Lah
pardoned him and thus his release immediately enhanced his freedom to
restore his image.His disqualification from being a member of Parliament
in Permatang Pauh ushered an opportunity for his wife Dr. Wan Azizih to
replace him by winning the seat in 2004 election.His restriction disqualified
him from standing in 2004 election. How ever once his qualification was restored
after the pardon, he won back his Permatang Pauh MP seat in a by election
against UMNO candidate by obtaining the highest majority ever votes achieved.
No sooner has he won in 2008 and become an official opposition leader, political
hatreds and vengeance of UMNO and BN stalwarts keep on embarrassing him
on his social behavioral activities involving his continued sodomy activity. Again
a continuous two more years he under went the final trauma which ended him
acquitted from the second sodomy charge.The realities of trial and tribulations
faced by Datuk Seri Annuar Ibrahim are lessons which 99% of Malaysian
voters know and thus the daily coverage of his stories in the media both internet
and news papers act as cheap publicity stunt for all to read and comment. Indeed
the incidents increased his personal popularity especially over his patience and
endurance throughout the length of cases.People sympathy turned him into an icon
equating as Mr. "Mandella of Malaysia".
Having associated with him since the university (MU) days in 1966 and in ABIM
and UMNO and now in PKR,I dare say that Annuar is a special breed,rarely
found in this century.Many may not agree with his philosophical and political
activities,one thing which clearly captivated the public interests is his determination,
endurance,patience,discipline and forgiveness.If you compare the experiences
displayed by the two competing personalities,the difference is like "heaven and earth".
One is almost always accompanied by happiness and fulfillment while the other
is besieged with endless agony and disappointment.While the fortunate one enjoys
many ups, the unfortunate is saddled with more downs.The ups and downs are
the raw materials which life supplies to achieve fulfillment or to meet disappointment.
History of Anuar struggle revolved on rich and fertile soil of disappointment.This
stinking experiences, however, should have inherently awakened him to discover the
habitual human "pivotal weaknesses" . That awareness must have provided him
a new source of opportunity to understand and discover positive value in his experience.
He must have looked at his disappointments as a chance to come back stronger and
converted them into fulfillment to achieve excellence: the ultimate and magnificent political
ideal conferred on number one slot of the country.
Excellence is the product of caring attitude of what one does by putting his best effort into
what he care about.It is an inner integrity and a choice with many options.Both of them
may have various level of skills and resources available,but to achieve excellence, they
must carry and move forward with an attitude of passion and commitment,discipline and
patience.It is an investment that continues to generate benefit long after the effort has
been done especially under the auspices of hard earned freedom.
The incumbent has not undergone that frighting and demanding social ideals of freedom.
Annuar has all the trappings.He could have given up his political struggles and turn his
responsibilities and troubles to some one else then. But if he had done that,there would
be nothing left in him now because if he had turned his back on his freedom, he has taken
away the most essential beauty and strength of who he was.
Converting disappointment into an act of excellence is one of the most appealing ideals
that could have influence him to entice young minds through out the country to guide
their lives.The ever changing social evolution keeps on enticing young vibrant minds
with the new positive value of experience cloaked and disguised in expensive disappointment
which Annuar in Malaysia and Nelson Mandela in South Africa exemplified.To achieve
excellence one must be prepared to run out and embrace every opportunity and options
with every thing you have, hoping to get the highest possibilities which are ready to come
magnificently for your effort.
Therefore if some one is prepared to spend time and do the work anyway, they must choose
to do it with excellence because success comes from choosing to find the value in whatever
way things go.Therefore both Najib and Annuar should be more determined to discover for
themselves how disappointments and self pity could be converted into positive energy by
taking a step back and look at the positive values of all the currents disappointments so
that the out come of PRU 13 will be a decidedly empowered day to grab the NUMBER ONE SLOT.
GOOD LUCK FOR BOTH AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL MALAYSIANS.
DJS 516 PM @ 09/03/2011 KL.
