Yesterday, the Bukit Mertajam Umno division chief Senator Musa Sheikh Fadzir proposed that the Penang Chief Minister’s post be rotated among Barisan Nasional parties, as a way to prove that there is tolerance and understanding among the coalition parties. Also, he claimed that if the rotation system could be implemented in Sabah, this should be practised here too. Quote:
“The post is not limited to only one party and it can be rotated among the other component parties in the Barisan.” [...]
On the other hand, Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon is clever enough not to respond to the media, to avoid any further speculation by spin-doctors.
Now, the most interesting part is this, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak echoed the proposal of the rotation system, commenting that the current power-sharing formula practised by Barisan Nasional had been proven successful and made the coalition strong. Quote:
“The Barisan is strong because all the component parties have successfully defended this spirit of power-sharing and cooperation among the races. “
“There’s no need to blow up this matter.” [...]“(The rotation of the Penang chief minister’s post) is not new. It has been raised several times before.” [...]
Meanwhile, Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman said rotating a state’s top post had its pros and cons and would not be beneficial on a long-term basic. He is so thankful that the rotation system in Sabah had been abolished.
I believe, what Koh DID and DID NOT DO towards the Penang state development, has backfired. The proposal by Musa Sheikh Fadzir and a strong echo by Najib, I see that as a way to test the public respond. We all know that how influential Malaysia mainstream media is.
If tolerance and understanding among coalition parties are the issues raised by the Umno division chief, then he himself already committed the crime at first place, for not discussing it internally among BN parties, before bringing the matters to the public concern. You bite the hand of friendship and you expect a civilian like us to respect it? Like what Mack said, “Please lahh …“
For the time being, it’s good that Koh remains mum and choose not to respond like some infamous minister, previously. Folks, you know what I mean here …
Probably, if I’m Koh, I’ll retire for good, or else I might have my life being shortened a few years, for all those shits. Afterall, you don’t contribute much to Penang development, do you?
In the end of the day, who to blame? What you think?
Yes, you may be right, I can smell shits afar.
My two cents: Api kecil-kecil menjadi kawan, apabila besar menjadi lawan.
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Dear Malaysians,
I’m all for power sharing and tolerance which is why we are where we are today.
Applying the same priciples dear Umno – let’s share and rotate the MB of Perak, Selangor, Melaka, Johor and Sarawak (and maybe even Sabah)
What say you?
tunperak
LOL!
I hope abang senator ini boleh tolong propose bagi semua negeri di malaysia, jangankan tangan, kaki pun aku boleh layang setinggi-tinggi yang aku boleh sebagai tanda sokong tanpa soal.
Wa ingat jangan rotate state saja, apa macam PM pun kita rotate. Baru adil maa.
Yeah! what about PM? my ambition was to become a PM when i’m a small little kina, then suddenly my teacher told me chinese cannot be a PM in Malaysia…i asked lao shi,why leh?? my teacher said very simple mah bcoz u are not melayu..i was like, lao shi, u say liao equal to no say…tiu
then my lao shi said, really one mah, i oso dunno why except that reason,tiu! and then give me 5 rotans for tiu him.
Niao, dun worry har…UMNO will never get the votes they needed to rule Penang if they bend the rules. i’m sure all the chinese there will happily vote for DAP to rule them instead…nyek nyek nyek.
Niao, my 1st post here…paiseh2…my english really pariah, anyone who don’t understand me, just ignore me…tiu…cabut!
Like Mack said, if UMNO is going to rule Penang, he guaranteed that DAP is going to win the next general election at Penang.
I can’t agree more.