LETTER | I don't really think that in this New Malaysia, what the majority of Malaysians wished and voted for is now a sweet story.

"Rebuilding Malaysia" as promised by Pakatan Harapan seems to be unconsciously derailed by the non-ending episodes of political dramas.

Besides me, all of you, be you an entrepreneur or a monthly-salaried worker, have been patiently waiting for beneficial economic realisations that should be executed by the government to slowly, but surely, create bigger rooms of economic opportunities, like relevantly-paid jobs for jobless graduates, especially those who have been 'indoctrinated' to repay their study loans.

What Jomo Kwame Sundaram (photo, above) recently said is very true and sincerely earns my personal corroboration. Jomo cautioned that the current economy isn't in a smiley mood, and any political separation needs to be erased unitedly in focusing on curing the weakening economy.

Childish politics, as silently but obviously played by certain political blocs, must be immediately paused or straightly stopped for the sake of reconstructing the national economy with roles of government and opposition played justly.

Political disputes among ambitious politicians do not pocket money into people's wallets. Who wins or loses in any political game doesn't feed rice into one's mouth.

Everything has to be paid with money. Weekly-needed groceries can't be bought by just saying names of political leaders you support to cashiers. Car fuels can't be refilled by shouting political chants at a petrol station.

Blame games between previous and today's leaders must be stopped too. Every government and leader, be it local and international, is not sinless. Keeping fingers pointed at one another doesn't automatically lift people's buying powers.

Fulfilling material desires needs money. There are things that need no cash (credit or debit card) for us to buy, but cashless money is still money. We are no longer in our great-grandparents' ancient era where the barter system was the way of getting what we want.

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