- Malaysiakini report, 2016

COMMENT | Recently in the Mara bullying case, its chairperson Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki questioned how future leaders are expected to be formed from its learning institutions if they have bad characters.

"Mara is a field for us to produce leaders. How can we give birth to leaders who are shallow in their intellect and polluted by their manners and moral behaviour?” he asked.

This is rich considering what Asyraf had said during his various tenures in the political ecosystem, the most egregious of which was when he said the then BN was committed to making Malaysia an Islamic state.

Contrast this with PSM’s Ayer Kuning candidate Bawani KS who took an anti-racism oath, promising not to play race politics to gain votes while on the campaign trail. She also said her party’s efforts will focus on social class struggles rather than racial matters.

I do not know what exactly is going on in Mara which is supposed to give birth to the leaders Malaysia needs. But what I do know is that if Mara were to use young leaders like Bawani as an example of the conduct future leaders should emulate, the young minds in Mara would not be prone to bully boy tactics they witness in mainstream politics.

If you think about it, both this coalition government and Perikatan Nasional do not want their children to grow up or emulate someone like Bawani.

libra : Same as ever. The problems of society always exist and the political parties promising this and that is not the way to go.Why not the people embrace ONLY good characters?

And it falls on the majority Malays to choose--if they fail then the whole fails too. Even if they are misled or misinformed, it only shows what a screwed up society it becomes not knowing the truth or want to live in truth.