Khir: Govt will topple on its own

By Sira Habibu, The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Selangor Pakatan Rakyat state government is bound to collapse because its leaders are incompetent, former mentri besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo said.

Their incompetence is reflected in their failure to tackle sensitive issues, he said.

Thus, Umno and Barisan Nasional did not have to resort to any elaborate plot to topple the state government as widely speculated, he said.

“The PKR-led government will collapse on its own, as even their leaders lack confidence in their own capabilities.

“However, it has become PKR’s style to blame everything on Umno and Barisan, by giving the excuse that we are out to topple their state government,” he said.

Such excuses, said Dr Mohd Khir, reflected PKR’s own acknowledgment of its weaknesses.

“The rakyat are sick and tired of the Pakatan Rakyat’s lame excuses and passing-the-buck tactics,” he said, adding that blame games would not resolve issues.

He said the action of a group of protesters who carried a cow’s head to the state secretariat building recently could actually reflect their view of the state government.

“The cow head could perhaps be a symbolic gesture to accentuate their point that the state government made decisions without thinking, just like cows,” he said.