COMMENT | Malaysia must start afresh on a clean slate

COMMENT | There is a popular “Undian Interim Prime Minister” online poll that has attracted 94,918 votes as of yesterday (Aug 7). The poll, which took off on July 30, has listed 16 names as potential interim prime ministers.

Among them are PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, former prime ministers Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Najib Abdul Razak, Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaacob, veteran Umno MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Senior Minister (Security) Hishammuddin Hussein, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu and Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar.

Topping the list so far is Anwar Ibrahim who polled 41,873 votes (44.1 percent) with Najib Razak coming in second place, polling 31,361 votes (33.0 percent). Ismail Sabri is a distant third with 4,701 votes (5.0 percent).

Coming in last among the 16 is Azmin Ali who only managed 155 votes (0.02 percent). Zahid Hamidi managed to escape the embarrassment and humiliation of being at the bottom of the pile by beating Azmin with just two votes.

By yesterday, I must have received the “Undian” poll more than five times and each time, I responded to the different sender with this same message...