COMMENT | I had a strange dream last night. In my dream, I met Anwar Ibrahim. He looked a little younger and slimmer than when he was in prison. I can't recall most of what we discussed, and when I woke up, I saw Anwar as positive and upbeat about the future of our country.

That morning I was delighted to read the Malaysiakini report of his declaration of good governance. He sounded resolute in wanting to rid his government of corrupt ministers with "immediate sacking" if ever anyone was found culpable. It was conviction politics, rising above the moral quagmire. 

Why is good governance so important? It is because the majority of citizens depend on the country's public and private institutions to deliver what they need to survive and pursue their goals. Bad governance destroys all hope, even the people's lives. 

I felt a sense of deja vu, but I was utterly gratified for Anwar's open declaration against the corrupt. Those of us who have long denounced corruption - the cancer of successive BN governments - must feel vindicated. 

At long last, Malaysia has a leader of commendable conviction. How different it is from the criminal conviction of the infamous kleptocrat. 

His daughter's bleating of his innocence insults our intelligence, defies the integrity of the judiciary and adds...