Critical Thoughts

Whatever it may be said about him, as someone who considers Penang to be his home state (and that despite the fact that I currently live in Barisan Rakyat-controlled Selangor), I have the outmost respect for Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon and that will not change.

Tsu Koon offers to quit as Gerakan chief

Gerakan acting president Dr Koh Tsu Koon has offered to resign from the party post, saying that he has to take full responsibility for the party’s dismal performance especially in Penang.

In the general elections yesterday, Gerakan was totally wiped out in the state by the DAP-led opposition, which won 29 out of 40 seats in the island state.

“As a captain of the team, I take full responsibility of what has happened,” he announced the decision at a joint press conference with DAP’s CM-designate Lim Guan Eng at the chief minister’s office in Penang this afternoon.

Source: Malaysiakini

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I think some Penangese Malay do not hurt once in a while:

Ni cek nak habaq ni, nampaknya pilihanraya dah nak mai. PM paling raplah jingga dalam sejarah Malaysia ni dah mula dok pi mai sana, pi mai sini, nak mula kempen lah tu nampaknya. Dahlah dok bagi orang kapiaq ni satu lagi ekstra public holiday. Orang tua tu tak penat ka dok pi mai, pi mai, tapi tang tu jugak? Depa ni mana reti nak paham macamana nak tadbir negara ni. Sapalah nak pilih cucu ulama yang kononnya ada “Islam Hadhari” tapi negara tak aman-aman jugak? Nak ketegaq jugak lawan hukum Allah, ni lah kejadahnya yang diterima.

Hangpa ni, dalam pilihanraya yang akan datang, buatlah pilihan yang bijak noh. Sapa tak suka PAS, ramai-ramailah pakat dok pi pangkah dia. Ada paham?