The Cabinet decided to continue having live telecast of parliamentary sessions even though the antics and "performance" of some of MP during the initial live show last Wednesday prompted some, the PM included, asking the live telecast to be cancelled.
My take is, disregarding the live telecast or not, those antics and clowning around by some MPs are not the first time and I doubt it will be the last. It's a matter of who will be the star clown during the particular session. Although many are pointing to the Opposition MPs as the main players on last Wednesday's show with Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar as the BN striker, many TV audiences I assumed, misses the antics of former BN MPs Badrulruddin of Jerai and Raja Ahmad from Perak.
Saying that the MPs are taking the opportunity to play to the gallery during the live telecast are not totally correct.It can be observed that quite a number of policitians survived their lack of wisdom, intellectuality and well research arguments by playing to the gallery most of time, not only during parliamentary or state assembly sessions but also their meeting with the media, with their constituents or political parties!
The live telecast of parliamentary sessions not only should be continued for 30 minutes each day but should cover throughtout the parliamentary sessions. Lets see if those publicity seekers verbal and physical antics can outlasts the technical strength of RTM broadcasting department. If an MP do not put in extra efforts to undertake well documented research to support with facts and figures to back up their debates in parliament, sooner or later they would run out of steam and people will lost interest and confidence on them.
The voters will outsmart those clowns in the long run. Keep on clowning around at your own peril!
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