Why Tan Sri Muhyiddin is not my PM

The problem isn't exactly the appointment of our current Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin. If such an appointment was made after the results of a General Election, then I would concede willingly that he is the legitimate Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Drawing comparisons to May 2018 by saying that those who voted for BN or PAS were willing to let the then Pakatan Harapan Government under Tun Dr Mahathir rule for 5 years and as such we should relent now is with all due respect a weak argument.

This is because the events that have led to the appointment of the current Prime Minister is driven by a very different set of circumstances.

MPs that have been elected by the people under the coalition of Pakatan Harapan are now willing to work with the very same set of people that they themselves have alleged were deeply involved with corruption and abuse of power.

That is without a doubt extremely hypocritical and demonstrative of what George Orwell has called 'doublethink'. The justifications given by these people have also been nonsensical and inconsistent. According to them initially, the move was done in support of Tun Dr Mahathir and to continue the reform agenda but apparently their 'official' motivations in the past week or so have been twisted beyond recognition (Tell me if you are able to reconcile their actions with their words and I will give you a medal.) What has happened has set a very dangerous precedent for our country.

How can we be certain that this won't be repeated even with Tan Sri Muhyiddin's new Government? Let's just say if it does happen, I would still be as strongly against it as I am now regardless of who is in power.

If we were to accept the events of the past week or so, we would be accepting that the Government can just shift and change continuously without the input of the Rakyat depending on the mood of the day.

If this is so then any of these 5-minute Governments that are formed will find it extremely difficult to carry out any policies that they have planned because it would just end up being scrapped. This is cost ineffective and damaging to our country's direction. We are not an oligarchy. We are a representative democracy.

This is clearly a loophole in the democratic process of our country and if this keeps happening just because some people see an opportunity to grab power then I won't dare to say that this country has a stable democracy.

Regardless of what my personal preference is, I am in support of dissolving Parliament. If after the Election, Tan Sri Muhyiddin remains as the Prime Minister, I will entertain the thought that he is my PM but until then: #notmyPM.

-First published on Facebook.