The country saw the end of the iron fist rule under my predecessor when he announced his resignation after 22 years of premiership that transformed the country into one of the burgeoning nations in South East Asia. Inter alia, the people often impugn his credibility by accusing him as a fascist who notoriously incarcerated his former successor based on dubious facts and accounts.
Being labelled as Mr. Clean in the cabinet, faute de mieux, I was selected to accede as the next prime minister. Alhamdulillah, my political party successfully regained mandate over several opposition controlled states during the first general elections under my leadership. The apotheosis during my tenure as the premier was short lived, my beginner’s luck was running out.
Apropos the deterioration in my political career, I lost my late wife to breast cancer in the year of 2005. Although there are no official responsibilities of the first lady of a country, the presence of the first lady is de rigueur at official ceremonies and international sittings. The former first lady of the United States, Hillary Clinton once said: “I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfil my profession which I entered before my husband was in public life.”
Cynics often ridicule my second wife as a femme fatale who tainted my popularity and political career. To add salt into the wound, my integrity was mired in controversy when the opposition uncovered dirt originating from my predecessor. Mr. Clean was then known as Mr. Sleepyhead who was often ridiculed for his obsequiousness and feeble-mindedness.
My efforts to bring about a fresh reformation within the cabinet were futile due to the avaricious politicians in my cabinet who remained intransigent. Consequently, the people reacted by dealing a savage blow to my premiership in the recent general elections – a blow that instils schandenfreude in my yet to be successor. Yes, I do hear the people’s cri de coeur for democracy, but do they realise that none of these could have happened without democracy?
Quod erat demonstrandum!
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