PERSEPSI DAN NARATIF

Saya membaca sebuah artikel oleh seorang MP kerajaan di posting FB beliau yg membuat pengakuan iaitu menyatakan terdapat byk cybertrooper upahan yg mencipta pelbagai akaun palsu utk menyebarluas posting2 yg menyokong sesuatu pihak dan menyerang tubi sesuatu pihak yg lain. 

Itu rasanya adalah satu realiti di zaman dunia medsos dan dunia tanpa sempadan ini. Bukan hanya terpencil di malaysia sahaja tetapi diguna pakai sekian lama di negara2 lain juga termasuk negara2 eropah dan usa. 

Demi untuk mencipta sesuatu naratif dan persepsi yg diinginkan bagi mempengaruhi masyarakat banyak. Dan terbukti momentum naratif dan persepsi sangat kuat pengaruhnya yg boleh menumbangkan hatta sesebuah kerajaan atau pemimpin.

Artikel itu jelas ingin menuding jari kpd pihak pembangkang. Namun realiti sebenarnya ialah kekadang situasi sebenar ialah mengata org tapi dia yg lebih.

Tabiat utk melonjakkan seseorang pemimpin dgn membandingkan dgn tokoh pemimpin yg lain, ada keburukan dan kebaikannya. Sudah tentu tidak dapat lari utk mendapat komen pro dan kontra drp netizen. Banyak komen yg bersifat picisan dan emosi. Tapi tidak kurang juga komen2 yg worth reading dan punyai nilai ilmu atau fakta yg padu.

There is one long article comparing pmx with TM on their academic background, career achievements, leadership perfomances, and world recognitions, to highlites pmx is much better than TM. One particular record stated pmx have a formal education in political science where else TM is very much in the field of medical doctor.

The following article is one of the comment published to response directly on the issue raised. 

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Academic Titles Do Not Define Great Leaders.

The original post tries to compare DSAI and Tun Dr. Mahathir as if academic titles are the sole measure of intelligence, leadership, or governance. That argument is fundamentally flawed.

Let’s correct several inaccuracies with calm, precise, and strategic facts:

1. Academic Titles ≠ National Leadership

Nowhere in political science does it say:

“To lead a nation, one must be a professor.”

Tun Mahathir may not be a full-time academic,

but he is one of the most influential policy thinkers in Southeast Asia.

His writings, memoirs, economic policies, and geopolitical analyses have been referenced globally long before visiting professorships became fashionable titles.

Let’s be clear:

A Visiting Professor ≠ a Tenured Professor.

It is an honorary invitation, not an academic appointment.

Meanwhile, Tun Mahathir’s policies became actual reference points in global development studies.

2. Studying Political Science Does Not Guarantee Political Mastery

The argument says:

“Anwar is smarter in politics because he studied Political Science.”

This is incorrect.

History shows that many of the greatest political strategists never studied political science:

 • Lee Kuan Yew – Law

 • Deng Xiaoping – Engineering

 • Winston Churchill – History

 • Nelson Mandela – Law

Tun Mahathir studied medicine, yet he:

- Became Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister

-Engineered Malaysia’s modernization agenda

-Built coalitions that lasted decades

-Stabilized Malaysia through multiple global crises

-Was recognized by IMF, World Bank, and Japan as an influential Asian statesman

Political brilliance comes from real governance, not lecture halls.

3. Economics & Finance: Mahathir as Architect of Modern Malaysia

Calling Mahathir “weak in economics” is a shallow argument, because it ignores the foundations he built.

Mahathir transformed Malaysia through:

 • The Look East Policy

 • HICOM & heavy industries

 • PERWAJA

 • PROTON (national automotive identity)

 • Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)

 • Putrajaya (administrative capital)

 • KLIA (regional aviation hub)

 • North-South Expressway

 • Petronas Twin Towers (global brand icon)

 • Industrial Master Plans (IMP1 & IMP2)

He built economic infrastructure, not just theoretical frameworks.

1997–98 Asian Financial Crisis

Tun Mahathir rejected IMF prescriptions when the entire world mocked Malaysia.

Years later, those same policies were recognized as sovereign economic brilliance.

Many Asian countries followed Malaysia’s model.

This is not accidental brilliance, it is strategic leadership.

4. Islam: Mahathir’s Contributions Are Structural, Not Cosmetic

Mahathir may not have formal Islamic academic credentials,

but his contributions to Islam in Malaysia are institutional:

 • Founder of JAKIM

 • Founder of IIUM (International Islamic University Malaysia)

 • Strengthened Tabung Haji modern governance

 • Expanded syariah legal frameworks

 • Elevated Malaysia in OIC

 • Promoted progressive Islamic governance

A person “weak in Islam” would not be able to build this institutional foundation.

Claims that he “insulted Islam” are political manipulations, not historical facts.

5. The Most Important Point:

Academic Knowledge Does Not Replace Proven Leadership

Anwar Ibrahim has strong academic exposure and that is respected.

But Mahathir has:

 • 22 years + 22 months of governing experience

 • A legacy of physical nation-building

 • Structural economic transformation

 • Realpolitik mastery

 • International statesmanship

 • Policies studied in universities worldwide

This is not the result of “Medical Science”.

This is the result of vision, strategy, and long-term governance intelligence.

If academic titles alone determined who is the best leader,

the world would be ruled by professors and not statesmen.

But history shows us a simple truth:

Professors write theories.

Tun Mahathir wrote a nation.

That is the difference between someone who studies politics,

and someone who makes history through politics.

Credit: Copypaste somewhere.

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Its always various angle to see things in life. Life is about choices. Politic is about choices as well. People should choose the right leaders to lead the nation. The wellbeing of the people and its shape in the futures will very much depend on those choices.

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