Family ties take root in Malaysian politics
malaysianinider | Politics often appears to be a family affair in Asia with Pakistan's Bhuttos, India's Gandhis and the Lees in Singapore; now Malaysia looks set to join the party with Datuk Seri Najib Razak now set to be Prime Minister next year.
Najib, the 55-year-old son of Malaysia's second premier and the nephew of the third, will take the helm in March at a time when this Asian nation of 27 million people grapples with economic problems and rising political and ethnic tensions.
News agency Reuters released a feature today, noting that another rising star of the party that has ruled Malaysia for all 51 years of its existence as a country is Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir, the son of its longest-serving prime minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
On the opposition benches in Parliament sits Nurul Izzah Anwar and her father, veteran politician Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar is a former deputy premier who once looked set for the top job until he was kicked out of the ruling party and jailed on what he says were false charges.
"There is an Asian belief that political power can be passed on to the next generation through bloodline," said James Chin, political science professor at Monash University in Malaysia.
Critics say the sense that blood entitles a person to exercise power has generated corruption, stymied development and hampered good government.
More often than not, the progeny of political leaders fail to live up to the family name.
"If Malaysians or foreigners expect Najib to be like his father as PM, they will be greatly disappointed," said Abdullah Ahmad, a political author and a former aide to Najib's father.... selanjutnya.
Nov 4, 2008
Malaysians or foreigners will be greatly disappointed
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Baru jadi TPM pun rakyat dah kecewa. Ni kan pulak jadi PM. Hancur negara.
Jangan harap Najib nak jadi macam bapak dia. Mana nak letak bik mama tu?
Aku baru nak komen pasai ni, tapi bagus juga dah ada juga orang ynag sedar tentangnya. Memang naik fed-up juga aku tentang politik di Malaysia ni, i mean pasai pemimpin penggantinyalah. Macam tak de muka lain , macamlah kepimpinan negara ni kepunyaan satu-satu famili secara turun temurun.
Tak yah tengok pemimpin Melayu dengan Razak-Najibnya, Hussei Onn-Hishamuddinnya, Mahathir-Mukhriz dsnya, MCA pun ada. Kalau tak anak beranak, adik beradik.
Kalau generasi baru yang naik tu berkaliber dan ada ciri-ciri kepimpinan ynag baik tak pelah juga, tapi aku rasa kebanyakan anak pinak pemimpin-pemimpin dulu tu naik sebab pengaruh bapak mereka. Betul tak?
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