Can a new MB make a difference?
Can things be done differently if Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim is replaced with Wan Azizah?
Izhar Moslim, Free Malaysia Today
A question raised by almost all Selangorians is what would Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail do differently to solve issues in the state if she comes to power?
I believe it is also on the minds of top Selangor politicians like DAP MP Ong Kian Ming, who has been noticeably silent on this matter.
Often Pakatan Rakyat (Pakatan) leaders talk about Menteri Besar (MB) Khalid Ibrahim mis-managing the water and Bible issues but what guarantees are there that governance will be different if a new MB is sworn in?
It also begins to prove that Pakatan is indeed fragile and I do not even want to consider what would happen if they were the ones managing the country.
Politicians, especially in the opposition camp, often get away with high-level statements but what we need are concrete and detailed solutions.
For instance, the federal government is committed to the 10-point solution in managing the polarities of the Bible issue.
Of course, it does not make everyone happy but this is the kind of detailed solutions on issues that is expected of a governing body.
Let it be clear that the 10-point solution was crafted by the Umno-led BN federal government. The people in Selangor know clearly that Umno has no control over what and how the state government is being run by seasoned politicians like Anwar Ibrahim and Khalid.
Do not drag Umno into the political mess that has been created in Selangor all because of one powerful political family.
Stephen Ng wrote an open letter to Khalid saying, “What you and the others should have done was make a strong stand once and for all”.
He needs to make it crystal clear that the “others” include Anwar Ibrahim, Abdul Hadi Awang and Lim Guan Eng.
Within a day or two after the Bibles were confiscated, there were three DAP state assemblymen who provided a solution in Selangor.
Yeo Bee Yin, Rajiv Rishyakaran and Lau Weng San proposed changes be made to the Selangor Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Among Muslims) Enactment 1988 at the next state assembly sitting.
It was reported that Anwar ticked off the three assemblymen and the proposal did not see the light of day.
Are you convinced Dr. Wan Azizah will make a stand and resolve these issues?
