COMMENT | Rotate the PM’s post every two years

COMMENT | Rotate the prime minister’s post every two years among leaders within the ruling coalition?

What a crazy and impossible proposal! This will never happen. The sceptics will surely shoot it down.

My response is: Why not? What is so wrong with rotating the prime minister’s post among the party leaders in the governing coalition if it can change the political dynamics and in turn, the nation and people, for the better?

That is the new norm to me and if our political leaders are really sincere about sharing power among themselves and within their component parties, this is the way to go.

The rotation system deal is for real if agreed upon by the coalition partners in power. It should be established before entering the election as a team. It is cast in stone and demands concrete action, not mere words as easily said and dishonoured, or as effortlessly changeable according to the weather.

Remember Pakatan Harapan’s deal before GE14. All it takes to destroy it is for one dishonourable leader to pretend he didn’t hear the “two years” promise to step down as prime minister. No more of this nonsense, please!

Well, if the rotation system has been tried and tested in Sabah, why can’t it be implemented at national level too?

If it was deemed necessary, practical and would serve the people of Sabah well then, what is it not practical and good for the nation now?

In case you think two years as prime minister is too short to achieve anything, let me say this up straight. My top goal is to eradicate or prevent corruption - when a prime minister knows his time is up within 24 months, he is less likely to steal.

Better believe it! A fixed short term at the top will give the PM the jitters if he’s up to no good. So too his greedy boys (and girls) surrounding him or waiting impatiently outside his office or home, salivating for “projects”...