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Pakatan Leaders were quick to react to the arrest of 2 PKR Perak State Exco members by ACA today.
This is what PKR deputy leader Syed Husin Ali had to say about the arrest: the manner the arrests were made "indicates the possibility that the individuals involved may have been victims of entrapment". (source - Malaysiakini)
I am really disappointed with his reaction and statement. They were entrapped? Come on, if they had been clean in the first place how is it possible to lure and trap them at all? Look at the crime, not which side did it!
This has been the typical reaction from PKR leaders when any of their members had done something wrong. Its always the BN conspiracy. Its always someone else's fault. They are never at fault and are always above reproach.
The PKR deputy leader had reacted in a similar fashion when some PKR supporters were caught on camera assaulting members of the press. He had again blamed BN supporters passing off as PKR supporters and assaulting the cameramen. That is really laughable.
Had the assailants were in fact impostors, why didn't the hundreds, if not thousands of genuine PKR supporters standing around apprehend the assailants and hand them over to the police? The incident happened in the midst of wave of PKR supporters. Were they all impostors? Or were the perpetrators allowed to escape as they were or at the very least, thought to be PKR supporters?
Shouldn't the right stand be to call on the police to take action against the assailants irrespective of who they are?
We all know that some supporters can get carried away and take matters into their own hand at times. Such individuals exist on both sides. Action should be taken against them so that they will not be a threat to others or be an embarrasment to the party. Instead of investigating the incident, Syed Husin was quick to cook up a conspiracy theory in order to maintain his party's image.
Commenting on the ACA arrest, Perak DAP chairperson Ngeh Koo Ham claimed that the arrest was a case of 'victimisation' by BN to undermine the state government. He also questioned the 'swift action' taken by the ACA in this case.
How is it that every time a BN representative is arrested by the ACA its "oh look at how corrupt these BN guys are" but whenever the same agency acts against Pakatan members its "we have been victimised"?
If Pakatan is genuine in its call for greater press freedom and cleaner government, they must be bold enough to allow the law to take its course against anyone, even one of its own.
In this respect at least the Perak MB, YAB Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin had the sense to state that those arrested were innocent until proven guilt and that law should be allowed to take its natural course. If only other Pakatan leaders had his sense of statemanship...
Recent events and denials by PKR leaders makes one wonder if they are genuine in their call for transparency and clean government. Or were they merely using it as a slogan to come into power?
I agree that Pakatan's sloganeering will sound hollow if BN had infact had its act together but a wrong is a wrong irrespective of who did it, Pakatan or Barisan.
Lets work towards a clean and transparent government irrespective of which coalition is ruling.
Murugesan Sinnandavar
This is what PKR deputy leader Syed Husin Ali had to say about the arrest: the manner the arrests were made "indicates the possibility that the individuals involved may have been victims of entrapment". (source - Malaysiakini)
I am really disappointed with his reaction and statement. They were entrapped? Come on, if they had been clean in the first place how is it possible to lure and trap them at all? Look at the crime, not which side did it!
This has been the typical reaction from PKR leaders when any of their members had done something wrong. Its always the BN conspiracy. Its always someone else's fault. They are never at fault and are always above reproach.
The PKR deputy leader had reacted in a similar fashion when some PKR supporters were caught on camera assaulting members of the press. He had again blamed BN supporters passing off as PKR supporters and assaulting the cameramen. That is really laughable.
Had the assailants were in fact impostors, why didn't the hundreds, if not thousands of genuine PKR supporters standing around apprehend the assailants and hand them over to the police? The incident happened in the midst of wave of PKR supporters. Were they all impostors? Or were the perpetrators allowed to escape as they were or at the very least, thought to be PKR supporters?
Shouldn't the right stand be to call on the police to take action against the assailants irrespective of who they are?
We all know that some supporters can get carried away and take matters into their own hand at times. Such individuals exist on both sides. Action should be taken against them so that they will not be a threat to others or be an embarrasment to the party. Instead of investigating the incident, Syed Husin was quick to cook up a conspiracy theory in order to maintain his party's image.
Commenting on the ACA arrest, Perak DAP chairperson Ngeh Koo Ham claimed that the arrest was a case of 'victimisation' by BN to undermine the state government. He also questioned the 'swift action' taken by the ACA in this case.
How is it that every time a BN representative is arrested by the ACA its "oh look at how corrupt these BN guys are" but whenever the same agency acts against Pakatan members its "we have been victimised"?
If Pakatan is genuine in its call for greater press freedom and cleaner government, they must be bold enough to allow the law to take its course against anyone, even one of its own.
In this respect at least the Perak MB, YAB Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin had the sense to state that those arrested were innocent until proven guilt and that law should be allowed to take its natural course. If only other Pakatan leaders had his sense of statemanship...
Recent events and denials by PKR leaders makes one wonder if they are genuine in their call for transparency and clean government. Or were they merely using it as a slogan to come into power?
I agree that Pakatan's sloganeering will sound hollow if BN had infact had its act together but a wrong is a wrong irrespective of who did it, Pakatan or Barisan.
Lets work towards a clean and transparent government irrespective of which coalition is ruling.
Murugesan Sinnandavar
3 comments:
Cheers Muru.. Well said.
Its the matter of who is the better devil.PR or BN? I dont think these guys are clean as well. Or else how come they got trapped? Unless evidence was fabricated. Well, reputation of judiciary is such in our country.
A normal person who stands for 100% justice cannot make into any politics and also cannot sustain even if he/she make into it.There are reasons for it.. but too long to write here.
Keep it up. Good Blog.
Thanks Vineeth!
Yes, well said. Transparency for the greater good of the nation. It might be a great price to pay to eradicate the cancer that had taken root since the days of Tunku but we all must pay as we are all responsible for its proliferation thus far. We didn’t do or say enough to destroy this demon then. If we fail now, the price to pay later will be greater including that by those who perpetrated it.
What PKR is doing is for want of a better illustration is “crying wolf “.Too much griping will almost certainly cause them to be drowned by their own damning devices.
PKR has lost its respect in my eyes. Their ill founded stacks of cards are slowly crumbling down revealing incompetence and exposing their own personal greed.
Woe to any Malaysians who say “give them chance.” How can you allow uncertainty and risk to take chances with our lives and livelihoods and that of our future generation? Don’t tell me PKR is experiencing teething problems, many of us have dentures in our mouths and one foot in our graves to buy into this excuse. In politics you either can or cannot from the get go. Remember, 51 years we decided to give one similar party a chance and look what that had brought us.
Yes, it all started 51 years ago, John. A Thivy, K. Ramanatyhan, V.T Sambanthan, K.L Devaser, and V. Manikavasagam are all to blame for the state we Indians are in. We Indians being mentally short sighted will only blame Samy Velu. The truth is, we allowed ourselves to be sold out since the emancipation of this independent nation. Regardless of who we blame the greatest offenders are US!
We cannot take chances anymore. Its transparency and equality from now on. The only chance is to make it right regardless of who is in control.
Regards
Manikam
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