I missed a step and fell outside my hotel at Kota Kinabalu this morning, but this is small fall compared to the big fall of Malaysia in the last six decades and the bigger fall in three or four decades’ time when Malaysia would fall from a first-rate world-class country to a third-rate failed, rogue and kleptocratic state

I missed a step and fell outside my hotel in Kota Kinabalu this morning, but this is a small fall compared to the big fall Malaysia experienced in the last six decades and the bigger fall in three or four decades’ time when Malaysia would fall from a first-rate world-class country to a third-rate failed, rogue, and kleptocratic state like Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe.

Three persons saw me fall in Kota Kinabalu this morning, but some 10 billion people throughout the world in four decades will see Malaysia fall from a first-rate world-class plural nation sixty years ago to a third-rate failed, rogue, and kleptocratic state in 2060.

I am 81 years old and am not a candidate in the 15th General Election but I am as busy or even busier than a candidate in the two weeks between Nomination to Polling Day on Nov. 19.

I have visited Penang, Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Malacca, Johore, Sabah and Sarawak and would have clocked some 15,000 kilometres in these two weeks between Nomination and Polling Day.

Malaysia’s Big Fall in 2060 is more important than my small fall in Kota Kinabalu this morning, and every Malaysian, regardless of age, race, religion or region, should do everything possible to prevent Malaysia undergo the Big Fall in 2060. In fact, I am prepared to give my life to prevent Malaysia from suffering the Big Fall in 2060.

This is why of all the candidates to be the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim is the most suitable and qualified to prevent Malaysia from suffering the Big Fall in 2060, as the other candidates do not acknowledge that Malaysia can suffer a Big Fall in 2060, even denying that Malaysia had fallen from a first-rate world-class status to a second-rate mediocre nation after sixty years.

One of the reasons why Malaysia had failed in nation-building in the last six decades was the lack of a good government in Putrajaya.

It is a matter of great shame for Malaysia that we are losing out to China, India and Indonesia in having a good government where corruption and abuses of power is minimal.

Malaysians need a Prime Minister who can ensure that Malaysia will better than China, India and Indonesia in having a good government where there is minimal corruption and abuses of power. This is why Malaysia needs Anwar Ibrahim as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia to start the process to make Malaysia great again.

Lim Kit Siang DAP Veteran