“Stability is directly proportional to a comfortable parliamentary majority by the ruling BN government” :|
My overall view is that BN seems stuck in old tactics and thinking.
I’m not saying this as an anti-BN activist, be one though I may. Rather it is a tactical view based on recent observations. Currently still stewing over more extensive thoughts on the matter.
For today, just some dinky comments by a Gerakan VP, one S Vijayaratnam. I can agree with his ‘keep it clean,’ and even that development matters most, but this?
He also pointed out that the business community and international investors remain uneasy over the question of political stability; it is having an effect on commerce.
“Like it or not, to them, stability is directly proportional to a comfortable parliamentary majority by the ruling BN government, in spite of its shortcomings.
O_O
I guess Gerakan is divided into those who can read the writing on the wall, and those who refuse to, against all available evidence.
By his reasoning, even if dogs ran the government, better make sure that the dogs maintain a comfortable majority in parliament because God forbid that anyone except dogs can do any better.
The business wants good government, above all, in the long run. Yeah, instability sucks, but there are only so many decades of leakage, wastage and corruption a nation can take.
Throughout Permatang Pauh, I seem to have observed comments that a mere child could rebut with ease.
When the wise suffer a loss, they take the opportunity to seriously reflect, take stock and adapt.
Why then is BN stuck in using the same failed approaches? Why all this papyrus in an age of computers?
I’m not given to underestimating opponents. Lets remain vigilant, and continue to ponder the options left to BN. Perhaps an article after the by-election victory.
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Speaking of Gerakan, rightly famed Dr. Toh Kin Woon served as a committee member on the KLSCAH Civil Society Award selection committee, the award ceremony of which is open to the public :)
Nat,
I wonder why you have to spend your time and space on this idiot. He does noting for the party and government except to pontificate on good governance in the newspapers. But says nothing against the gross abuse of power of the BN government.
What has he contributed to his Chinese party all these years?
You should just ignore this idiot.
The traits of the Malaysian politicians
Link: http://www.kingsmary.blogspot.com/
Very frankly I had never imagined Malaysia’s politic can be this filthy. It’s common for political opponents to exchange words, sometimes could be pretty harsh. But what we experience in Malaysia especially from BN-UMNO is something beyond words to express.
Attacking a man to this low when there is nothing to prove against him equates to a cowardly and immoral act.