A Motion of No Confidence?

I am disappointed with SAPP's announcement that they will move a motion of no confidence against our PM. The motion, if tabled will be unprecedented in Malaysian's history. No such motion has been tabled against any PM, more so by a component party. It will be slap on our PM's face and will be forever be a black dot on his legacy. Our PM definitely does not deserve this.

Pak Lah is a liberal PM compared to his predecessor. He has moved the government to be more transparent and is genuinely making efforts to return the dignity and independence of the judiciary and the ACA. Yes, we are all angry with him for reducing fuel subsidy but at the going rate, how long can we maintain the subsidy? Its a case of "good policies but bad politics".

A motion of no confidence against the PM is not merely a motion of no confidence against the person of PM but his entire government and the coalition that he leads, which includes all component parties.

Do we need a motion of no confidence against our PM now? At a precarious time like this? From a component party? Whilst some might hail it as a new found bravery, I suspect sinister political motives at play. SAPP has 2 MPs at present and they are trying to use this as a 'threat' against the PM to concede to their demands. If we allow component parties to threaten a motion of no confidence each time its demands are not met, how can any coalition ever rule peacefully or fulfill its mandate? Our politics will degenerate into politics of threat and ransom holding.

Component parties will hold the government at ransom and make ridiculous demands. The government will be rendered impotent and ineffective. Policies and long term plans will be deferred to meet the immediate demands of the recalcitrant party. The same is applicable if the coalition of opposition parties comes to power under such circumstances. They too will be rendered useless if this trend is allowed to flourish.

A vote of no confidence should only be tabled in dire conditions and when the leader has clearly departed from the express mandate given to him in the last election. How has the coalition or the leadership departed from its mandate since the last election?

We must not allow a motion of no confidence to be used as a bargaining chip or for political showmanship. One should use the sword of "motion of no confidence" sparingly, lest it cuts the very hand that attempts to yield it.

BN must not condone it and come down hard on SAPP. Even if we lose the government because of it, so be it. We cannot allow component parties to hold the coalition at ransom. We either govern properly and with discipline or not at all.

One can leave the coalition if one is not happy with it but to table a motion of no confidence whilst remaining a component is a stab in the back. We can have different opinions and take different stands on issues but this one act by SAPP amounts to treachery.

Sack SAPP from the BN.

Murugesan Sinnandavar