UMNO Supreme Council member Johari said Mahathir the opposition leader is no perfect fit, but one choice

The CIMB group chairman and younger brother to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak posted a caption with the photo, saying it reminded him of a Malay proverb. "Amazing pic reminds me of Malay saying 'Gajah sama gajah berjuang, pelanduk mati di tengah-tengah'. Loosely translated – when the powerful fight each other, everything else can be collateral damage

UMNO Supreme Council member Johari said Mahathir the opposition leader is no perfect fit, but one choice Sensible Politicians either go to war or negotiate peace; they don’t sulk. So it is sensible for the Citizens and Umno to resume talks at a formal level. The tricky part is to discover what kind of talk makes sense.
War is always much easier to start than peace. You need only a trumpet to launch hostilities. Peace requires a rather more complicated orchestra; there will be discordant notes from some insistent trombone; the bass could be playing a military march; all musicians might  not read from the same sheet; and there is always the likelihood of liberal violins airing  strains more relevant to heaven than to realists who live on earth. If the maestro-conductor tears his hair occasionally, you can understand why.
Engrossing electoral battles tend to become fairy tales with a twist. Good does not defeat evil; it is never quite as moral as that. But a victor does suddenly become a huge definition of good.
we can see that how precisely cause be gets effect. The substantive failures of 2013 are shaping the general elections of 2018.Electoral fog begins to clear this Many voters are, of course, still swayed by partisan emotion. But a significant majority will be influenced,

 The government wants to correct the negative public perception on security in the country when tabling the 2016 Budget.

Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said this was important because despite the declining crime rates, public perception on security and level of feeling safe indicated otherwise.

“Managing perception is important to restore public confidence and will indirectly attract investors to invest in Malaysia.”

He said this to reporters after chairing the Focus Group Meeting on Enhancing Public Safety and Security at the Finance Ministry, here, today.

Johari said police had managed to reduce the overall crime rate by more than  40 per cent in the last five years but public feedback on feeling safe showed a drop from 47.5 per cent in 2011 to 39 per cent in 2014.

He said among the measures being considered to raise public confidence in security in the country was by increasing cooperation between the government enforcement agencies and the people at the grassroot level.

This could be done through the involvement of non-governmental organisations, rukun tetangga, residents associations and religious institutions, he added.

Johari said the negative perception on security was also exacerbated through the dissemination of false news on the social media, causing fear among the public over their safety. ― Bernama

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Every good drama needs a few sub-plots whirling through the mainframe. The most captivating within our current political theatre is surely the twist.  We can never be sure what transpires within the recesses of the mind, let alone the heart. But one wonders  a stable coalition is not that difficult to engineer. No one needs 100% of the vote to win. In our system, you do not need even 50%. in the general election of 2013,despite being propelled by the powerful impetus of newly-won freedom, 
It is entirely within the logic of turbulent democracies that a dream run should be interrupted by a wake-up call. It might be pertinent to note, in this context, that dreams are best shaped into reality with the help of daylight. Among the dangers of darkness is that it obscures the bumps on that twisting road with the opposition leaders. Those who know Mahathir  are aware that, as master of the long game, Nothing is more compelling evidence than his extraordinary statement that he is unhappy with Najib's desire to release  reformasi  movement Anwar to bring great rewards, culminating, albeit through a parabola enhanced by his charisma. Najib is not going to be deflected by Mahathir's's short pass; Najib will absorb the stumble and restore the stride towards that horizon. A split will be both predictable and desultory. The sensible choice is to fade into the sunset, but it is the rare politician Mahathir  who is tired enough to retire. But as they stare at the perhaps empty years ahead, they might reflect on a couplet by the great Persian philosopher-poet Hafez: Boast not of knowledge, for at the time of death/Aristotle and beggar walk side by side.


No one accuses them of sleaze.Voters  understand the need to offer a stable platform
Corruption is a vital concern; but no one has exclusive claims on honesty. Look east, if nowhere else. 
Such foibles will evaporate, although not without raising some questions about credibility, as general elections begin in earnest. The principal question before the electorate in 2014 will be quite different: stability. Who can provide a stable five year government for an India groping through an economic and confidence crisis? And which alliance has the better set of policies to restore India’s faith in itself? 


PAS have become victims of their own success: their narrative has run its course, and they have not been able to find a further chapter  their saga.story is the simplest: the fairies have abandoned its fairy tale. It began as the party of refugees from UMNO  Pas reinvented itself as a champion of a psychological rather than an economic need movement brought great rewards, culminating, albeit through a parabola enhanced by the charisma of  
The basic question does not change: who can win? But the answer does. It is dynamic, and roams across multiple options to rest upon the most useful signal to an electorate, mainly at micro level, which is the constituency demographic ; and sometimes at the macro, which is the larger mix in national space. There is no perfect fit. But there can be only one candidate in a seat. If Mahatir, who is delivering for Citizens in spades, can face questions over a nomination from voters  , surely no candidature can be considered etched in stone.


Mahathir's Machiavellian move'

Mahathir and his friends are aware that the decision on who will lead the government is not decided at a press conference or through a memorandum signature campaign."In a democratic system, the decision can only be made in the elections through the rakyat's mandate."If they are unhappy, we propose that they combine into a formal political coalition to face BN in the coming general election," he said in the statement today.The signatories of the Citizens' Declaration today insisted they were doing so in their personal capacities despite coming from various organisations and backgrounds.Khairy condemned Mahathir's move to be "in cahoots" with the opposition which had opposed him throughout his political career.

In the great toss-up between perception and evidence, the former generally wins. Conventional wisdom, for instance, suggests that unity within a party brings victory. Reality: It is the scent of victory that encourages unity. When crowds recede in an election campaign, leaders squabble and search for alibis. Tensions become septic after results.