There ain’t no easy way, no there ain’t no easy way out. Except for those in power, of course. For those not in power anymore? Well… I suppose we could ask Mahathir, Eusoff Chin and the rest now embroiled in that whole VK Lingam video scandal. A lot of people are watching the moves and reading the testimonies off Malaysiakini and through official sources. I’ve been following it too, but with little hope of anything useful coming out of it. This inquiry will test two things, I suppose: the willingness of the commission to bite the bullet, and how well Mahathir-era monsters covered their tracks before stepping down from office.
It makes for so much drama, but I’m a bit ambivalent about this whole circus. To me, there’s only one reason Abdullah Badawi’s allowing this royal commission to go ahead. Bad news for Mahathir, Ahmad Fairuz, VK Lingam, Vincent Tan and the rest can only mean good news for two parties: Anwar Ibrahim and Abdullah Badawi. A “victory” (and what are the victory conditions(1), here?) will result in an inescapable taint on these men - and leave the way clear for Badawi to emerge looking like a reformer willing to put the past to the test.
Maybe it was desperation that led Badawi to toss this small bone to a public in search for some justice, any justice. Isn’t that sad? That what we have to rely on are scraps tossed our way - scraps because I believe that whatever the result of the inquiry, the real effect on the current political landscape will eventually be pretty small. I want Najib to be grilled over Russian subs, I want Badawi to be grilled over private jets and nasi kandar. I’m tired of this VK Lingam smokescreen.
- You don’t play computer strategy games, issit? (↩)
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“the real effect on the current political landscape will eventually be pretty small.”
agree. wonder if the judiciary will be cleaned up?
more sandiwara and settling of political scores to me.