YOURSAY | After PKR polls, now comes the hard part

YOURSAY | ‘Welcome back Rafizi, but you must learn to pace yourself.’

PKR Youth looks back on party polls, need for 'drastic internal changes'

COMMENT | Rafizi’s win augurs well for PKR and GE15 chances

IndigoTrout2522: The results of the PKR party election are what many voters are asking for. Now comes the hard part.

This new leadership team must be united, inspiring and able to communicate clearly what they can do to alleviate the economic difficulties of the people. How could they be different from BN and Perikatan Nasional (PN)?

Make sure not to wash your dirty linen in public but keep your disagreements internally and find compromises and solutions that will be beneficial to the people.

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim should now recognise the aspirations of the people for new leadership and fresh faces with innovative ideas. Hopefully, he won’t be an obstacle but be a mentor to the next generation of leaders.

BluePanther4725: The comeback of former Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli represents fresh hope for Malaysia. For too long, our country has been plundered and ruined by corrupted politicians.

We urgently need a new breed of clean, competent and multiracial leaders for Malaysia like the newly elected PKR deputy president Rafizi, Permatang Paul MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, Seremban MP and DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke, Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh, Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo, Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming, Muar MP and Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Kota Raja MP and Amanah president Mohamad ‘Mat’ Sabu, Kuala Selangor MP Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, just to name a few.

As for Anwar, he should put the interest of the people and the country before his ambition and work together with Rafizi to heal PKR and Pakatan Harapan.

Do what's best for the people and country, not for political ambitions and personal gains. Don't be like BN and PN.

Justmyview: Malaysiakini columnist P Gunasegaram has provided sensible ideas on how PKR should move forward in preparation for the next general election.

Those who keep on harping that Anwar should step down are either politically naive or are political enemies of PKR with the intent of causing chaos and disunity in the party.

Some reports have it that Anwar is a proponent or a supporter of the ‘big tent’. This may not be correct.

Initially, the ‘big tent’ seemed to have come from DAP chairperson Lim Guan Eng and was echoed by Mat Sabu, and Anwar, as chairperson of Pakatan Harapan, needed to look into the matter, I suppose.

In all likelihood, Lim has his reason for the ‘big tent’ approach but Harapan should avoid working with untrustworthy political leaders from parties associated with the Sheraton Move episode directly or indirectly.

Scarecrow: Rafizi’s win is a victory for PKR, but there is no guarantee it has an effect on the 15th general election.

It is like a state football team winning the Malaysia Cup. It does not mean this will help Malaysia win the SEA Games (Malaysia did not even win the bronze medal at the recent one in Vietnam), not to mention more prestigious international tournaments like the Asia Cup, the Olympics or the World Cup. They are more like ‘jaguh kampung’ (village champions).

OrangePanther1466: A good analysis of Rafizi by Gunasegaram. I agree that Rafizi can provide positive contributions to PKR and the country.

The analysis and dissection of data can only provide calculated decision making. It's not a perfect science. For instance, Rafizi predicted that PAS would end up with zero parliamentary seats. PAS got 18 seats.

Anyway, welcome back Rafizi, but you must learn to pace yourself. Do not bite more than you can chew.

I am confident given time and encouragement, you will vie with the likes of Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and Syed Saddiq amongst those up for the coveted premiership.

Gunasegaram, you have been an ardent Anwarista. That's fine. But your dislike for Dr Mahathir Mohamad is clear. Don't you think Mahathir is right when he said after the elections that Harapan’s manifesto was flawed because Harapan was not expected to win?

It was not just an excuse not to implement parts of the manifesto. The fact is, some parts cannot be implemented… yet. I think members of the Harapan Presidential Council too share Mahathir's viewpoint but remained silent so as not to provide fodder to the opposition nor upset their own base.

Be it as it may, this is the time to reformulate the manifesto to make it more inclusive and workable. You cannot have a manifesto that is a cause for concern for 70 percent of the population who have been brought up in the cocoon of affirmative action policies fed by an ethnic party for more than half a century.

Headhunter: Looking at it from a more defined perspective, I think Rafizi's win saved Anwar from becoming irreverent. Had the status quo been maintained, I think Anwar's dream of becoming prime minister would have evaporated in a matter of time.

Rafizi is Anwar's saving grace, the more reason for Anwar to give him the full support Rafizi needs by keeping everyone in check.

One can feel a wind of change in the air already. There is no time to waste for the new team but to hit the ground running.

Elaine Morais: This piece is a balanced and fair-minded coverage of the recent PKR polls. Many thanks for sharing the views of these young PKR leaders who display maturity, a hopeful, positive attitude and a commitment to progressive reforms.

The future is with the young and we need to give them our support. I am so glad that now those who are 18 to 21 can now vote.

Let's tap into this rich resource and harness the energy, fervour and idealism of the young. They are not burdened by the political baggage of the past and can take Malaysia to new heights.

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