got castrated by UMNO voices, threatening them. And you call these representatives of Indians and Chinese? The only Minister was Bernard Dompok who did not back pedal. The point is why have Ministers who cannot sound out unpopular policies. This is the last stretch, before the votes are cast.
Why are Jerai MP Badruddin Amiruldin and Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar Radin returning? Perhaps, to entertain the August building with their pearls of wisdom once more. Nobody has also offered any legitimate explanation why one of Forbes magazine's top four philanthropists, outspoken lawyer Zaid Ibrahim, was dropped from its lineup. Also dropped was Kelana Jaya MP Loh Seng Kok who asked why the contributions of Chinese towards the nation’s Independence were played down in school history books. He was threatened by UMNO goons. With enough holes in them (Barisan Nasional) to sink the Titanic, Abdullah, MCA chief Ong Ka Ting and MIC evergreen S Samy Vellu find themselves outnumbered in ceramahs and out-argued on issues such as Hindraf, religious freedom, the Klang Free Trade Zone debacle and charges of cronyism.
As such it is little wonder that on the eve of Polling Day, Abdullah has to threaten or promise Chinese voters that if they abandon MCA, they would face a smaller or no voice in the cabinet. As it is many Chinese are already asking "Can MCA be any quieter in the cabinet?" So, is it not better to have law makers in Parliament fighting corruption and taking care of the peoples interests, rather than having Impotent, Castrated Eunuchs, who call themselves Ministers?
Borrowing this insightful piece, I suppose we should also ask the question, "What do you do with an old, arrogant and overfed wolf which bites the hand that feeds it?" Old because we are in the company of very few countries who have had the same party in government for 50 years. Illustrious company includes Zimbabwe, Singapore, Cuba, Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka and Burma (a popular choice of PJ Selatan MP Donald Lim). Arrogant because the dominant party within the coalition has on more than one occasion whipped its partners for having a different stand on issues. Remember K Devamany who attempted to agree with some of Hindraf's claims. He immediately told to apologise by Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak the next day.
Not to worry, deny them to 2/3rds, it is now or never. If they get it prepare for an upward spiral of all essential goods for our daily needs. I got this from a friend in the retail industry, who said the price of rice and floor are set to go up by 50%, when the BN gets an overwhelming mandate. Why does the BN need a 2/3rds victory, when they can still govern the country, with a narrow win? The answer to that, is that they would like to ride rough shod all over us with impunity! So that checks and balances cannot be done, on the warlords of UMNO. About losing the Chief Ministership in Penang, so what, after all the incumbent was a Lame Duck Chief Minister, remember when UMNO protested against him after Khairy's infamous "Malays are marginalised" quip. There was not even a squeak from him.
Some of the points above were extracted from
Chan Kok Leong's article in Malaysiakini 
