clipped from www.jeffooi.com

Malaysiakini editor Steven Gan has come down hard on Abdullah Badawi, who he called the 'accidental prime minister', and the worst PM we ever had.

In an editorial titled: An incompetent, not-so-nice guy, Steven said Abdullah is no Junichiro Koizumi, but at least, he can be BJ Habibie to bring some Indonesian-standard reforms in Malaysia -- that is, if his Son-in-Law allows him to.

Koizumi, if you remember, was the maverick Japanese leader who led his party to one of the biggest electoral victories in the nation's history and decisively sacked party leaders who opposed his reforms. Abdullah can't measure up to him, Steven said.

Whereas, Habibie was the accidental president in post-Suharto Indonesia. In the one short year he was in power, he initiated poll reforms, liberated the media, free political prisoners and let East Timor go.

Already, Abdullah has completed his boring four years as Malaysia's prime minister when November 1 came and went.