Undi a PM based on just their traits, and we’ll show you who you voted for!

According to several publications, YB Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is the current frontrunner in the PM race. Not many people realize this, but he does have a few achievements to his name:

• The introduction of Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (they’re closed down already, though)
• Many fishermen had their debt (totaling RM40 million) alleviated by the Tabung Ekonomi Usahawan Nasional (TEKUN) program in 2014
• Rural areas especially in East Malaysia have had their infrastructure improved under the Membandarkan Luar Bandar initiative

As for some of his flaws… here’s Exhibit A, B and C.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, YB Dato’ Seri Haji Anwar Ibrahim is back again in the political zeitgeist as a possible PM candidate. He’s tried to take the metaphorical throne like,what, six times now? What’s he done to deserve the position?

For starters, he was named one of the top four Finance Ministers by Euromoney in 1993, then Finance Minister of the Year in 1996; he was at the helm of Malaysia’s era of economical prosperity. He has gone to jail twice for sodomy, so he technically has a criminal record, though he later received a royal pardon.

YB Mulia Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (affectionately known as Ku Li, The People’s Prince, or Ku Kita) is the longest serving Member of Parliament in Malaysia… in fact, he was serving as Finance Minister when Tun Hussein Onn was around.

The UMNO veteran was so involved with our country’s economic development, he was dubbed the Father of Malaysian Economic Development (yeah, real creative, we know). We tried to dig up some dirt on this man, but apparently he’s squeaky clean. Damn.

Son of Tun Hussein Onn, cousin of Bossku, YB Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is perhaps remembered best for brandishing a keris at the 2005 UMNO annual general meeting.  The Malaysian sword saint (this nickname is a Cilisos Original™) has been:

• Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Minister of Defence
• Minister of Education
• Minister of Home Affairs
• Minister of Youth and Sports
• Senior Minister in charge of Security
• Acting Minister of Transport

With such a long list of positions, has he done anything notable? Well… he was the guy in charge of the search for the missing MH370 plane back in 2014. Despite coming up empty handed, we still think it was a valiant effort both on the parts of Hishammuddin and everyone else involved.

Tall, dark, handsome, YB Haji Khairy Jamaluddin’s looks have garnered him the nickname of “Daddy” by Malaysian netizens. Daddy KJ has served as Minister of Youth and Sports, and he was very recently our vaccine coordination Minister and Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation.

We’ve picked out two of what we think were the highlights of his career:

• He was part of the national polo team that outplayed their Thai adversaries and net themselves a gold medal
• The National COVID-19 Immunization Program has seen its fair share of up and downs under his watchful eye, but we seem to be on the right track right now

His track record isn’t exactly spotless – he messed up the vaccine choice thing a few months ago, and there was a massive corruption scandal in the Ministry of Youth and Sports back in 2016.