| Zaki Zahid is a national exco member of Umno/BN Youth. He returned to the private sector after serving the Fifth Prime Minister in a policy capacity for 8 years. He can be contacted at [email protected] |
Time to get down to work
July 28, 2009JULY 28 — The days of hard-sell politics are over. Talk is cheap, and rhetoric, even cheaper. Empty slogans and clever but meaningless sound bites don’t matter much these days. In other words, pure spin is no longer accepted nor tolerated.This is not to say that leaders shouldn’t communicate or explain their ideas to get buy-in and support. That is … Read More
Time to make the change
June 20, 2009JUNE 20 — Change is inevitable and irresistible. And change has hit politics hard, globally. We have seen governments tumble and leaders change in many parts of the world, for a variety of reasons.Here in Malaysia, we have just had a change in leadership as well. Datuk Seri Najib Razak has taken over from Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi after the latter served … Read More
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