Friday, May 9, 2008

What do you make of our BN MPs?

I think many of us are aware of Ibrahim Ali's(the independent MP from Kelantan but supposedly aligned to BN) comment about Karpal Singh during the beginning of this present Parliament sitting...something about Karpal needing permission from the Speaker to be seated, and you don't have to be a genius to know that Karpal Singh has been in the wheelchair since his accident. Anyway, it was an insensitive and silly remark, something the BN reps are very good at. And they make themselves look so silly. How to hormat a Yang Berhormat who cannot hormat other people, especially the OKU?

Anwyay, it never amazes me how silly the BN MP or those BN allied MPs always seem to come across as arrogant, insensitive and feudal. The lawyer for the disabled body who was at the Parliament to meet Ibrahim Ali to seek an apology over his remark said it is very mysterious to him why the MPs who say such insensitive remarks always happen to be BN MPs. Maybe BN does not know how to choose the right reps?? or could it be that once power gets into the head of the elected MP, he becomes the feudal lord. There is a video about the meeting but you have to subscribe to to it, which I think is very worth it.

When will the BN MPs learn? And at this age of internet, these MPs better learn some decent behaviour. If one is caught on video like this Ibrahim Ali guy, it's like committing political harakiri. Come on, don't tell me it's nice to portray himself as an obnoxious guy, so full of himself and acting so ungentlemanly. He would have scored big time if he has just apologized, plain and simple...exhibit a little humility. Goes a long, long way. Then maybe people like us will start thinking different about the BN reps. And MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin also stated that he (Karpal Singh) “as a disabled should act like one, but his mouth is not like a disabled”. What did he imply? If you are disabled, you are a lesser mortal?

The PKR has been able to use the internet and technology to their advantage... The BN still seems lost. Somehow they have not learnt how to connect with the people. Maybe too long being the feudal lords, already. These same people call bloggers with all kinds of names then promptly joined in the bandwagon. When they make mistakes, they deem it beneath them to apologize. Kinda authoritarian and dictatorial in a way, isn't it?

But then again, Malaysians are also a forgiving lot....we've still re-elected people like Bung Mokhtar Radin (the bocor guy) and Badruddin Amiruldin. That's why these people still behave as though the rakyat owe them something.....not the other way around.

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