Reform agenda must be implemented carefully to avoid failure, says Anwar

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Speaking at DAP's national congress held in Shah Alam on March 16, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government remains committed to implementing the institutional reform agenda, including a proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution to limit the Prime Minister's time in office to 10 years.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/357z8re8  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00But what is the difference between us and the previous government?

00:05We are firm in our decision to implement reforms.

00:15In reforms, there are those who are afraid of reforms,

00:19who feel that reforms are not good for them.

00:22But among those who are pro-reform,

00:25there are those who lack patience,

00:28and I want to encourage them to use their wisdom.

00:34All revolutions in history

00:40will not succeed if their leaders are stupid enough to implement reforms.

00:48From the French Revolution,

00:50we have learned that liberty, equality, fraternity

01:01are the slogans of the people.

01:05But if reforms are too brutal,

01:09it will give birth to Robespierre and the Reign of Terror.

01:15Ten years after the French Revolution,

01:18the poor people's fate is still unresolved.

01:22Because their leaders are fighting over reforms,

01:27they don't think about the people.

01:31So how do we balance this?

01:35The history of the last revolution, Poland,

01:39under Wallachia.

01:43Czechoslovakia, under my friend.

01:49The one who became president,

01:53united the desire to bring change,

01:57a very decent man, a great writer, a Nobel laureate,

02:04but failed.

02:06Czechoslovakia split into two,

02:09Czech and Slovak.

02:13The desire to bring change too quickly

02:16led to violence.

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