Yes, I agree (UPDATED with Chinese Translation)
Hell, I can list down at least 100 cases of bad choices of people by DAP, PAS and PKR going back to the days of Lee Lam Thye when someone, somewhere made a bad choice resulting in great embarrassment to the party.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
The Disciplinary Committee is of the opinion that Saudara Ronnie Liu must exercise responsibility for the episode of his assistants issuing support letters as in the case of his ex-assistant, Tee Boon Hock.
Tee issued a support letter in favour of a company owned by his son, even though Saudara Ronnie Liu might not have had the knowledge that the company belonged to Tee’s son.
This episode has damaged the party’s image.
The Disciplinary Committee, therefore, issues a severe reprimand against Saudara Ronnie Liu for not managing his office in accordance with public expectations.
The Disciplinary Committee also requires a firm commitment from Saudara Ronnie Liu that henceforth he should focus on managing his office in a professional manner.
In discharging public duties, DAP leaders and members must realise the high expectation of the public. The public wants to see a move away from the culture of corruption and cronyism of BN.
For these reasons, integrity and principles of Competency, Accountability and Transparency (CAT) are the basic governance principles of the DAP.
The Disciplinary Committee reiterates the Party’s position against the issuance of support letters for government projects and contracts.
Medaline Chang
Media & Communcations Officer
DAP HQ
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I would certainly agree to the above press statement by the DAP headquarters. And in that same spirit we have to make the person responsible for choosing Hee of Perak who eventually jumped ship and brought the Pakatan Rakyat Perak state government down (which is a severe embarrassment to DAP) accountable as well.
Maybe we can also make Anwar Ibrahim accountable for Zulkifli Noordin and Zahrain Hashim and the many other PKR leaders who were chosen to contest the election and then jumped ship.
PAS too has its shit in the form of Ibrahim Ali who is the leader of Malaysia’s KKK a.k.a. Perkasa.
And Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim who not only allowed the practice of support letters but announced a few days ago that the state government will continue to allow this practice must also be held accountable.
Hell, I can list down at least 100 cases of bad choices of people by DAP, PAS and PKR going back to the days of Lee Lam Thye when someone, somewhere made a bad choice resulting in great embarrassment to the party.
Anyway, we have already talked about this before and in the meeting that Friends of Pakatan Rakyat UK had with Anwar Ibrahim this was the exact point we raised — how the opposition always makes a bad decision in its choice of candidates.
Though I may agree with taking Ronnie Liu to task and making him accountable for his bad choice of people, this must not stop at just Ronnie Liu and Tee Boon Hock. The next general election is going to be even more crucial than the last general election. And unless the opposition can learn how not to make bad choices in candidates then we are truly screwed big time.
Sigh…I think I will just log off and go read a book.
Translated into Chinese at: http://ccliew.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-post_3495.html
