To a year with clearer focus

What a year: Anwar (centre, with boy) and some of his Cabinet members at the closing ceremony of the One Year Programme with the Madani Government at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium earlier this month. The word ‘Madani’, however, remains a little too complex for most, and doesn’t really inspire a ‘fried chicken level’ of excitement and vigour, says the writer. — SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star

TODAY marks the first full calendar year of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at the helm of this nation, a post he has aspired to for many, many calendar years.

What’s the verdict?