Againts our Policy
Here’s the scenario. Opposition MP riles up a Senior Minister, hackles her and verbally beats the crap out of her. The issue, in my opinion was extremely justified. What gets interesting is, 2 govt backbenchers joins in the fray and pushes the Senior Minister around demanding for answers and explanations and support the Opposition’s demands.
Then what happens ?
Democracy in Malaysia at its best !!!
Senior Govt Official informs or rather demands to the backbenchers to apologise to the Senior Minister and the party for supporting the Opposition motion, irrelevant whether the motion is justified or not. Meaning, in our parliament, even if the opposition proposes a policy that will benefit all, it will not be supported by the majority of the MPs, cause we are govt MPs and we will be damned if we support your motion. Who cares if your motion will benefit the rakyat, who cares if it is justified and who cares if it benefits the nation as a whole ? All we know is, we are govt MPs and we will be damned if we support the Opposition’s motion…we will be damned if we do….or we will just be made to embarrased ourselves by apologising…..
Go Democracy !!
October 5th, 2005 at 1:27 am
damn right…
I remember a time when 2 adun from penang was suspended cos they didnt vote for the govt… sad…
apparently, since BN paid for their campaign expenses and such, they have to vote BN 100%.
Yup, democracy at teh polls maybe, but not at parliment.
October 7th, 2005 at 8:59 am
It is ridiculous to expect all MPs to represent their constituency without being at odds at the other MPs even though within the same party. There should be a higher standard to judge the meaning of breaking ranks or in the support of opposition. Sure, a united front is good to show the party’s strenght. Nevertheless it narrows the meaning of represenattion and democracy. Why bother to choose and vote for the candidate if at the end of the day he/she is merely the back up/ background ‘Singer” for the few people who make up the policy?