Politics today
It has become a pastime of the political leaders of our country to play with the republic's destiny. They hold the lebus of innocence and think how to make themselves rich by political mandate and appropriation of public property.
We do think when the time passes away. But most of our people know the motto that says- " Think before you do something." It would not have been necessary to frustrate ourselves with such thoughts- if we had a leader like Mahathir.
We too had great leaders in the past who never compromised with the dictators and exploiters. They upheld the rights of people and were ready to make any sacrifice for that. But politics is a different proposition today. People whose only interest lies in earning money or having clout have found place in politics. And the result is that national progress is being hampered in many ways. We must find a way out of this intolerable situation. Else, we will have to pay a high price.
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