Anwar could be looking to fast track his movement to PM

From the Borneo post:

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday offered himself as a candidate for the post of PKR president at the next party elections, due later this year.

The PKR de facto leader said he made the decision after discussions with PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali and other leaders as well as after taking into account the views and requirements for the continuity of the party.

Anwar made the announcement in posts uploaded onto his Facebook and Twitter accounts, saying that should he secure the mandate of the party grassroots nationwide, he would lead the party as the president after the PKR National Congress in November 2018.

Perhaps it is a formality, but his supposed 2 year holiday from politics might be cut short and Anwar might be pushed to looking to contest the premiership earlier than expected.

The current PM Mahathir has done an average job.  The stock market doesn't seem to think much of his policies as we are now languishing down 200 points on the KLCI from the high of 1895 during the election. 

People seem to be poo-pooing the decline as due to the austerity measures from the current finance minister and not his leadership, but I believe it is due to poor direction and decisions of what he intends to do in power. 

The biggest example that comes to my mind is the production of another national car which most Malaysians don't like.  Like I said earlier, I believe that another national car company is in the PM's interest because of his belief in control over the ringgit exchange rate: for every foreign auto that Malaysians buy, the PM controls less of the ringgit.

But I think most people don't agree with that viewpoint.

Perhaps some influential people are making aware they don't like the way things are going with the current government to Anwar?