COMMENT | Ten things Anwar must do to avoid being toppled

COMMENT | Come Nov 24, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will have reached a landmark - one year as the 10th prime minister, or PMX, of Malaysia.

After the 15th general election (GE15), when Pakatan Harapan failed to get a majority, most Malaysians thought he would never become PM, but Providence felt otherwise.

Sadly, it looks like Anwar’s number one priority in the last 12 months as PM is foreign relations and foreign policy when everyone knows there are multiple maladies in Malaysia that need fixing from many, many years ago.

The first thing he did was to embark on a series of foreign trips and to try to make his voice heard on the international stage when it is the Malaysian public he needs to address and show them in no uncertain terms what he is going to do.

So, our first of 10 things that Anwar should do to get public opinion on his side and reduce the escalating calls that he will soon be toppled deals with his predilection for visiting other countries.

Cut foreign trips

I thought former PM Najib Razak took the trophy for foreign trips when he was prime minister. But Anwar...