Pakatan Rakyat beyond Anwar
By Wong Chin Huat
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WHAT is the honourable thing for political leaders to do when they lead their party on the wrong path and land the party in trouble?
Resign.
That was the demand made of MCA's Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting and MIC's Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu when their parties' parliamentary seats were reduced by more than half post-March 2008. That was also the demand made of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi even after they won the 1999 and 2008 elections respectively.
Assuming responsibility and bowing out is the norm in party politics. So, why are Pakatan Rakyat leaders and well-wishers so worked up with DAP chairperson Karpal Singh's call for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to resign as the coalition's de facto leader after the Perak fiasco?
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