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COMMENT | Trinity govt needed before Anwar takes over

COMMENT | A trinity government working as one until GE15 is what is needed to save Malaysia before Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim takes over the mantle of leadership.

One leader from Pakatan Harapan, one from Umno and one from Perikatan Nasional should provide the headship of governance until then.

It is a unity government in practice if the politicians are given to a singular goal which is to save the nation. Three heads are better than one.

The country is sailing in uncharted waters and this calls for unconventional solutions. Fitch has given Malaysia a bad report card. The time is urgent for a renaissance and prove that Malaysia Boleh is not another empty slogan.

Besides the unusual cooperation of the warring parties which aren't that hostile to one another evident from all the wheeling and dealing under the public radar, all the major players ought to be able to work as a team.

If not, they prove unsuitable to serve the nation and disqualify themselves as national leaders. How then can they take the public oath to serve their country?

What is conditional is the commitment not to play politics against one another until GE15 and the Covid-19 menace is vanquished.

If the politicians cannot do that for the nation's survival then they...

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