The sacking of controversial Kulim-Bandar MP Zulkifli Noordin (pic) today by PKR speaks a lot about PKR's intergrity and its willingness to sacrifice its own even if it means losing more seats in Parliament.
Is this not laudable of a party which is struggling to keep afloat in the face of threatening moves by Barisan to derail the coalition of a motley of intellectuals from fairly diverse idealogical backgrounds who have come together for a common purpose to bring changes to the political landscape of Malaysia dominated nearly half a century by one single coalition constituted of race-based parties.
In the face of defections, with three MPs calling it quits, the coalition's bold move in letting go another MP speaks volumes about the leaders of these three parties which managed to cobble together a coalition with one single vision - an alternative to Barisan.
The decision to sack Zulkifli was reached this evening when the party’s supreme council decided to endorse the recommendations made by the disciplinary board.
The rebel PKR MP Zulkifli was referred to the board for infringing a party gag order by lodging a police report against Shah Alam PAS MP Khalid Samad over the “Allah” row and for his criticism of DAP’s Lim Guan Eng.
Two days ago, he walked out of the disciplinary committee hearing, saying he would not be judge by non-Muslims in the board.
His reason that the panel set up to hear his explanation was not an all Muslim panel is not tenable as he was only asked to explain to the board why he lodged a report against a fellow party member despite a party gag order in the controversy on the use of the word "Allah".
He was not asked to come before the board to defend his stand against non-Muslims using the word "Allah".
Besides, his argument that his refusal to attend the session on the grounds that it constituted of non-Muslims is a slap on his non-Muslim constituiens because Zukifli was voted in by the non-Muslims too. So what if it is a non-Muslim panel hearing his case. It is not about religion or Islam.
Zulkifli should have realised before standing on PKR ticket that the coalition was founded neither on religious nor on racial premises. Zulkifli entered the game with his eyes wide open and must expect the coalition to move in the direction of what Malaysia's founding father envisioned Malaysia to be - a secular country with Islam as the official religion.
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The Star Newspaper
1 comment:
Good riddance to bad rubbish.Zulfikli like the rest who jump ship were at one time or the other, were BN members.
Its not easy being an opposition MP. It boils down to money or lack of it.
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