The politics of the common people


Legacy policy: Most politicians have the tendency of embarking on a particular project not because of its general utility to the nation but so that it can be remembered in the country’s history annals, like former PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s TN50.

Leaders have to make time and be creative to understand the pulse of the rakyat, not just build their ‘legacy’. 

I HAVE never had political ambitions even though I was active in student politics when I studied in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and have always wanted to serve my country in any way I can.

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