A month ago the UK's Gordon Brown's position as the PM was under great threat and his own party was beginning to take measures to oust him. But his expertise to help stabilise the UK's financial crisis, the model of which has been adopted by the USA who introduced the earlier stop-gap measure has raised him to some prominence in global markets.
There is a saying,"Cometh the moment, cometh the man."
The idea behind this saying is that a crisis usually brings out the best in a person.
But this malaysiakini article Poof! There goes judicial reform implies that he appointment of the new CJ spells the end of the judicial reforms, especially since Zaid Ibrahim resigned his post.
I think the Opposition should be allowed their debate and I think the US system is good for vetting such appointments before being recommended to the Rulers.
If only our own PM had completed any one of his reforms before he announced his intention to step down. In a way, he is in a weaker position compared to the US President who is allowed to complete his full term - here the PM is being kicked out by his own party just because his party did badly in the polls.
I am sure if any major reforms had been completed he could have harnessed public opinion to stay in office.
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