After halal cert hullabaloo, let’s talk about MP allocation
Both sides are engaging in the act of raw politicking. They seem busy trying to outdo each other.
Habhajan Singh, The Malaysian Reserve
THE recent halal certification hullabaloo is telling. At the outset, four points come to mind.
One, you don’t need much for a controversy to flare up. Two, you see all sorts of people championing their own particular race and religion. Three, most skip core to bang hard at the peripheral issues. Four, you can expect the usual political jokers coming forward, turbocharged with spiteful and hurtful messages.
The halal certification will not be the last issue to surface. Issues will always be there. They will emerge from time to time. That’s a given. It’s the law of nature. What will make a difference is how we respond to them, and what we do about them.
