Postscript: Malaysia’s Triple Crisis & Post-Covidean Solutions

Who will be the next Prime Minister (PM) following the resignation of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his appointment as caretaker PM by the Yang di-Pertuan Agung (King)? 

We are faced with the same dilemma as before the collapse of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government. In any contest (be it a General Election or vote of confidence in Parliament), Malaysia is, ultimately, heading for a three-corner alliance contest with none having a stable majority given the dynamics.

In my  personal opinion, none of the old guards should be given the chance to lead the nation after 60 years of being trapped in a zero sum game of partisan & race-based politics. They have run out of solutions and are totally out of touch with the new global dynamics (debt problems, crypto currencies vs fiat currencies, China-US geopolitics, big pharma agendas etc).

The window of opportunity is a caretaker unity government (hopefully comprising bipartisan technocrats) to be requested by the King as an emergency solution to handle the triple economic, health and information crisis. 

Smart policies (executed by trustworthy and smart policymakers) should be replicated from what other nations like Singapore is doing. We have to live with Covid and also diversify our vaccines away from one "popular" vaccine which seems to prove ineffective with 20k daily cases and climbing.

So here is my suggestion to all concerned (politicians, Rakyat and the King):

1. Propose to the King a caretaker unity cabinet: The lack of public trust and confidence in governments is at an all time low with the mishandling of this pandemic (especially with the Sabah elections cluster, the slow vaccines rollout and the two week MCO trials by error strategy). 

Based on the proportion of the parliamentary seats, a cabinet of 30 is to be formed comprising technocrats with no political party positions (you can call it coalition government or minority government with bills passed under confidence & supply  agreements). 

Ideally fill these positions with young and experienced people who have proven their mettle and are willing to give up every partisan bias. This caretaker government will not only examine all options but offer a nation-wide strategy to rebuild the economy and restore business confidence to Malaysia.

2. Make new alliances by discussing sincerely with all heads of the major parties for the sake of forming a unity government: Discuss with all party heads on the urgency of forming a caretaker government to contain the pandemic crisis and protect and revive the economy.

3. Delay a General Election until end 2022 or mid-2023: An unprecedented crisis demands unprecedented solutions. Holding a GE, even if it is safe to do so in six months time, will see a three-corner contest (Pakatan Harapan, UMNO and UMNO-Bersatu-PAS alliances) and very likely result in another unstable government with a thin majority.

 

A widely agreed deadline, set in stone, has to be in place (Malaysians have all kinds of excuses to undermine deadlines just like the former PM who kept on promising the handover to Anwar). It is not so much that the health crisis will take more than a year to be resolved. The productive capacity and psyche of the economy and the SME have been shattered. It is like a middle aged man who has a stroke. He needs time to heal and recuperate and find his feet again, physically and psychologically.

 

4. Offer a smart strategy and original plan: Bring along all reform-minded politicians and technocrats and seek a joint proposal to save the nation with not only one-size-fits-all fixes (vaccinations and MCOs) but a smart strategy of prevention and balance.

5. Geopolitical alertness as to the origins of the pandemic and the subsequent agendas: All global citizens, especially in ASEAN, should first ask this question: How and why the virus originated and which country is aggressive in promoting its vaccines, which apparently does not seem to be effective (alright, they claim 50% effectiveness but this means at least 50% will still be infected).

Unbeknownst to many except a few, there is a great powerful nation waiting to come to rescue Malaysia and ASEAN nations by lending its funds and vaccines. Dont take it and read the fine line of any agreement. That nation is known for debt diplomacy which did more harm than good for many African nations.

6. Be extra suspicious of big pharma and the advice of experts: The war on covid cannot be taken to extremes by mass testing. Be smart and follow Singapore's example. We have to live with it and build our own immunity with holistic medicines and supplements. The big pharma companies and health experts (especially the flip-flopping celebrity Dr Fauci) cannot be totally trusted after their exclusion of Ivermectin and the frequency of breakthrough cases.

 

So should we all just sit by and watch politicians play the old game of musical chairs before Parliament reconvenes for a vote of confidence on 6^th September ? Being passive without a serious rethinking among the parties and replaying the numbers game (who has the majority support?) is letting the nation go back to square one i.e. a country without a stable majority in Parliament.

 

A Few Good Men

 

This is why, in my opinion, the King, the politicians and members of the Rakyat (via social media platforms) need to take the joint initiative with this unique opportunity to save and transform Malaysia from a failed state (of narrow-minded partisan, race-based divisiveness) to reach its full potential as a beacon of light to the world. 

Singapore has done it with the able leadership of one man. Malaysia can do it with the able leadership of a few good men and women. This window of opportunity is like a time warp that opens up a portal for us to step out of the wheels of fate. Otherwise, it is just another day in the tropical sun.

 

The Man of History

Is he not the one who suffered persecution, starvation, loss, oppression and

depression?

Is he not the one who witnessed every form of injustice carried out in the name of justice, liberty and fraternity?

Is he not the one who persevered through moments of tragedy, humiliation and degradation of human dignity?

Is he not the one who asked himself and God above if all this whirlwind of a life has any meaning and was worth the pain and the tribulations?

The man of history will stand before the throne of God and testify to what he has done, is doing and will do.

He shall be held accountable to God and to all that he was, is and will be.

The man of history will not justify the evil nature of man. Neither will he claim credit for all the greatness of his fellow man's ingenious works of art, literature and science, both past and present.

The man of history is not the humanist who puts himself and mankind on a pedestal and anoints himself as the master of destiny.

The man of history has seen everything that mankind has created. He finds no meaning to all the good and evil in this world if there is no eternity.

If everything and the end of history is but a dice thrown by the hands of chance, then eternity is just a memorial to the past, a tombstone in the museum of posterity for future generations to walk past.

The man of history is not afraid to ask the impossible question to himself and to his fellowman.

What is the meaning of life and where will we go after death?

More like a fool than a philosopher, he seeks answers beyond the scope of science and the intellectual boundaries of human reasoning.

The man of history humbles himself before God and embraces the grace and mercies of his Creator God without whom he is but mere dust that returns to dust.

The man of history is above nationality and culture and he knows the schemes of the devil to exploit man's primitive fear of those who are different from him by the color of his skin.

The man of history stands humbly before the Judge and is ready to give account of himself with reference to the divine plans that have been woven in his spirit to love and obey God with all his heart, body and mind.

Where does the man of history stand in the perspective of the world? Is he not a caricature of the noble idealist who suffered for nothing?

The man of history stands tall before a dying world shaken by storms and catastrophes which presage the judgement of God on man's lot.

An Intriguing Prophecy For the Rainbow Nation

In August 2011, American evangelical Christian Chuck Pierce visited Malaysia in an Asian tour and he revealed what God impressed upon him about the future of Malaysia:

And the Lord would say to Malaysia, “You have entered your next three years. This night represents a transition into the three years ahead. The warfare will grow very strong in the next sixteen months. Do not, do not, do not back off, but enter into celebration and enter into rejoicing. And in the midst of the warfare coming against you there will be breakthrough after breakthrough after breakthrough for My people in this land! You will enter the season called ‘contending’ but these three years I am changing the rule of the heavens. I am changing the rule of the heavens because tonight represents that in the earth realm My people are taking a stand in a new way, and where they have not been fully understood in one season, I will now raise them up and they will begin to rule the atmosphere of the heavens in this land.

“These three years are important to understand. You are entering your next three year transition this night. From this, a new administration is beginning. You are moving into a Kingdom administration that has never been fully expressed in this land or that which has come from this land to other lands.

"You have been waiting for Me, but I have been waiting for you. I have been waiting for you to get positioned, because I have a sound in you that has never developed and come forth with power. This year, choose for the sound of Malaysia to rise up in the worship of this rainbow nation. And if you will do that, I will unlock the riches of the promise that I have put over the land. If you'll worship from north to south, and from east to west, and then gather for three days, I will be re-sanctify this land in days ahead. You are a people that will roar mightily in days ahead, so allow Me to draw My sound out of you.

“There will be a consolidating of ministries. I am going to have people cross over and I’m going to cause them to begin to be grafted into new councils, in new ways. I am going to cause revelation from one season to be brought into a new season. I am going to cause a people to be trained up to hear. I am going to cause a people to rise up to worship. Behold, I do a new thing and you are on the verge of entering in that new thing. You are closer than you know. Come beyond your 11 season and enter with Me into 12. But enter in with Me and know there is a new administration, and a new way of doing things, and a new core mission, and a new way of aligning. Recognize the fathers and mothers in your midst and enter in with Me. And if you will enter in I will come with My power, I will come with My glory, and I will create a people that begin to express Me in a way that will shake the lands around this nation.

“For the dragon nations are now at a place of choice. But I have a people who I am rising up like oxes and lions. And because I am rising up the oxes and lions in My nations, they will roar with a sound that changes the atmosphere and creates a new prophetic covering. I have new sounds and new songs over you. I have new ways of expression I am calling you to. I have new ways of prosperity. For I am a God, who, if you align with My covenant, you will prosper.

“I am preparing the people to come up out of the wilderness as a Bride to meet Me in a new way. I am preparing a people who are going to raise the veil from the last season and see Me new and fresh in a new season.” (I saw a lace veil of His glory coming down on the people, and they only needed to reach up into it!) The Lord says, "I'm clothing you for a new season. I'm clothing you … I'm giving you new identities. This new identity that I'm putting on you is creating conflict where you walk and what you do. You will have grace to deal with your conflict.”

Some of you are pressing for your life out of the last season. You have had bad diagnoses physically and the Lord says you're going to press out! Watch the signs. I hear Him saying there will be dramatic healings in this new season. Dramatic healings! That's what God is saying. I don't know even what that means. Dramatic healings in the new season.

The Lord said, “There will be such a worship shift. For this new veil will enable you to dance in a way you've never danced before. The wedding dance is beginning over Malaysia and His people will dance. Where they couldn't dance in the last 16 years, they will now dance a new dance of triumph and victory!"

Continue to pray for the worship shift which must occur in Malaysia. Whereas Korea and Thailand have broken into a new dimension of worship, the Body of Christ in Malaysia must go beyond where they have been before and enter a new season where their worship presses them past conflict and contention, into a level of authority and victory they have never before experienced.