PEOPLE, NOT LEADERS, MAKE A NATION.

Every country has its own human assets, namely the people and their leaders. The fate of a country then depends very much on the quality of these human assets.The two can either make or break a nation, the power of the people and the role of leaders. The people and their leaders who posses the right qualities can together make a nation great. A point to note is that while together, the two can make a great nation, alone a leader is nothing. But the people on the other hand can still make a great nation.Well, without a leader the people can on their own deploy their internal mechanism by organising among themselves to collectively manage a nation.
If the people themselves are capable of building a great nation, then they should not be too dependent on a leader.Many nations suffer when they are too dependent on one leader.Malaysia suffered from this leadership dependence syndrome during 1981- 003 period when the people were led to believe that one man had turned Malaysia into a developed nation.Similarly in Sarawak from 1981 until today, the Bumiputera races  ( not the Chinese ) can development be implemented successfully. But true democracy lies not on our dependence on a leader, it lies in the ultimate power in the country which is vested in the people. It is not vested in an elected government.The people have the power to elect or reject a government.
A crucial issue takes centre-stage when a leader starts to deviate from the national agenda and pursue his own personal agenda.This is what I call the leadership drift where he starts to detach himself from the common people and national interests to pursue his own personal interests.A leader is granted certain powers and rights as long as he not deviate from the national agenda.If the people put too much trust in him, there is a big possibility that he may start to abandon the national agenda to pursue his own personal interests.He will make his own independent choice either to be the nation's good leader or a bad one.