I AM glad that, finally, the Prime Minister has come out publicly and forcefully to defend his record of 18 months in office.
In recent months, there have been, first murmurings, then coffeeshop gossip and, recently, serious talk that things are not going too well for Pak Lah’s administration; that the economy is slowing down; the fight against corruption is being wound back; and, to quote one lawyer, “the conductor is excellent but the orchestra is not playing according to his directions.”