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Earlier today I received an sms stating that Buntong Assemblyman from DAP, YB A.Sivasubramaniam was quiting his party. Upon checking I found that this was true. However, before I left my office, I received yet another sms stating that he had retracted his resignation. This was also true!
Now this brought back to memory about another representative from DAP, YB Fong Poh Kuan who 'resigned' all her post before the election only to retract it later. Mind you, I remember her telling that nothing would change her decision. Mmm... I wonder what changed?
Perhaps this is nothing new in DAP. One can 'resign' from one's post with full media publicity and 'retract' it with yet another 'publicity'. Of course they would be 'offended' if you dare call it a publicity stun and will bring to bear their full fury upon you. How dare you question them! They are the ones that are supposed to do all the questioning. And the preaching. Period.
YB Lim Kit Siang has done it before. He had 'resigned' from one party post after electoral defeat only to be 'persuaded' to take up another post. Now, thats accountability for you.
Granted that resignation and retraction is a personal choice and when it concerns a party, its an internal matter, one can't stop pondering on the soundness of judgment of those concerned when there is a retraction.
Resignation, from my understanding and experience, is the last resort. Bearing in mind the public office that one holds, announcement of resignation must only be done when all else fail and there is no turning back. Once it is announced, any retraction, no matter how good a reason, will call into question either of one's judgment or integrity. The lack of either one is fatal for a leader.
The preachers of integrity, accountability and transparency will do well to bear in mind that these qualities are applicable to all and are expected from all leaders. You may preach about it one day (and thats all well and fine) but people expect that out of you when you are in a position to lead. You have to walk the talk.
Murugesan Sinnandavar
Now this brought back to memory about another representative from DAP, YB Fong Poh Kuan who 'resigned' all her post before the election only to retract it later. Mind you, I remember her telling that nothing would change her decision. Mmm... I wonder what changed?
Perhaps this is nothing new in DAP. One can 'resign' from one's post with full media publicity and 'retract' it with yet another 'publicity'. Of course they would be 'offended' if you dare call it a publicity stun and will bring to bear their full fury upon you. How dare you question them! They are the ones that are supposed to do all the questioning. And the preaching. Period.
YB Lim Kit Siang has done it before. He had 'resigned' from one party post after electoral defeat only to be 'persuaded' to take up another post. Now, thats accountability for you.
Granted that resignation and retraction is a personal choice and when it concerns a party, its an internal matter, one can't stop pondering on the soundness of judgment of those concerned when there is a retraction.
Resignation, from my understanding and experience, is the last resort. Bearing in mind the public office that one holds, announcement of resignation must only be done when all else fail and there is no turning back. Once it is announced, any retraction, no matter how good a reason, will call into question either of one's judgment or integrity. The lack of either one is fatal for a leader.
The preachers of integrity, accountability and transparency will do well to bear in mind that these qualities are applicable to all and are expected from all leaders. You may preach about it one day (and thats all well and fine) but people expect that out of you when you are in a position to lead. You have to walk the talk.
Murugesan Sinnandavar
4 comments:
vanakkam
firstly sir, congrats on your move to the blogosphere. You are the 2nd MIC guy that I know who has a blog. The first updates his post seasonally though ;) I really hope you would be more frequent.
On the issue of party/post resignation, true, that sometimes those elected to power need to be more decisive on their position as it affects many ppl, but I being an ordinary citizen, can understand the pressure that exist in being in such a position as well.
Nevertheless, its better than those who never quits at all ;)
BMahendran
on behalf of the new generation Malaysian Indian bloggers, I welcome you to the Net world sir. Have always regarded you as the new voice in MIC, hope it is true.
Vanakam BMahendran,
Thank you for your comments and welcome to this blogspot. This has been a learning process for me. Hope to hear more from you sir.
Vanakkam Sir,
A warm welcome. In this age of technology, it's very much impossible to stay away from the temptation of making use of technology to share our views and ideas. It's really nice to see that you have taken an extra initiative in breaking the technology barriers, and start up a blog of your own to communicate and exchange your views with the current net savvy generation.
Hope you would continue to serve the community and nation well; voice out your genuine opinions in safeguarding the community's rights and try your level best in assuring the advancement of Malaysian Indians in all aspects. I hope your blog to be a worthy tool to hear you and be heard by you much stronger than ever.
All the best and I welcome you to the club :)
Vanakam Mr Puvanan,
Thank you for your warm welcome. Its nice to get some encoureging comments from time to time.
I will do my best to live up to the expectation and voice out issues that concerns our community and nation. Please keep in touch Sir.
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