Anwar owes the nation an apology

Anwar was the initiator of a string of "ship jumping" incidents. After the March 2008 general elections, Anwar and other Pakatan leaders kept foretelling the "916 administration change" while blatantly and secretly getting BN reps to hop over to their camp.

By TIANYA JIANKE/Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily

News of PKR elected reps quitting the party keep popping up in recent weeks. Malaysians begin to ask: "What has gone wrong with PKR?"

These reps were elected under the PKR banner but are now changing the course of their struggle. It is apt that PKR and these elected representatives should offer some reasonable explanations to the voters.

However, we have so far not seen any PKR leader openly apologise to the people for failing the public mandate. Instead, we have seen a handful of second or third-tiered leaders from PKR and other component parties of the opposition pact come out in an attempt to mitigate the impact caused by the latest wave of exodus.

Some pledge their loyalty to Anwar Ibrahim, while others count the charges of their ex-comrades who have now quit the party or jumped ship.

Out of some unknown reasons, Sin Chew Daily appears to have shown a great deal of leniency towards PKR in the recent incident. Sin Chew's many commentators should perhaps take cue from renowned Taiwanese critic Nan Fang Shuo.

Take a look at how Nan has slammed Ma ying-jeou and his team:" Whatever that happens to Taiwan doesn't seem to have too much to do with this guy.. They always have all sorts of excuses, and are always right. They have made a cheap "reform" slogan, which they make into a weapon to lash out at the dissidents, overlooking the fact that they themselves are the ones needing the reforms most. They try to act funny when nothing big happens, but if something happens, they would then try to act pitiful."

Whatever it is, at least Ma has openly bowed to the Taiwanese public and apologised.

Where is our Encik Anwar?

As a matter of fact, Anwar was the initiator of a string of "ship jumping" incidents. After the March 2008 general elections, Anwar and other Pakatan leaders kept foretelling the "916 administration change" while blatantly and secretly getting BN reps to hop over to their camp.

Anwar's predictions failed to materialise, but have instead expedited the outflow of foreign investments. Bursa Malaysia used to be a safe haven in the highly volatile global equity scene.

Foreign money keeps draining out of the country and so far 37% of foreign funds have exited our shores, making Malaysia the most severely battered by investment outflow in the region.

PKR leaders keep slamming their reps who have quit the party, but why did the party praise them so much when these people were being presented to the voters as candidates? Isn't this something to do with integrity?

At least Anwar and his party still owe the nation an apology.