So, will we have an interim PM?

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The writer Ambrose Bierce sarcastically defined politics in The Devil’s Dictionary thus: “A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.”

I don’t think any Malaysian would disagree with this definition, especially not after witnessing the heady happenings of the past year and the culmination of months of political shenanigans in Parliament this past week.

It is very clear that personal and party interests are masquerading as national interest or principles.

Many members of the public have expressed disgust, with some asking whether Parliament can go any lower.

We saw, for instance, how the government, to avoid a vote that could show it did not have majority support in Parliament, informed MPs that the emergency ordinances had been earlier revoked by the Cabinet and, therefore, there was no need for it to be debated and voted upon.


The announcement came as a surprise to the MPs and to the public.

We saw how the speaker of the Parliament, who is supposed to be impartial, behaved. We saw how Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was criticised by MPs and citizens on social media for leaving without answering questions.

We saw how Takiyuddin Hassan, the minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of law, handled himself in the august House.

Heck, we even saw the Covid-19 virus – the SARS-CoV-2 – make a cameo appearance in Parliament, causing the House to be shut down for well past an hour and for the sitting to resume only to be adjourned. The virus proved pivotal to the plot of the drama.


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