Wanna speak up, be a president

Politicians can be very hilarious sometimes, if we decides to take their statements as a joke.

One chap who is gunning for the MCA presidency was saying the other day that an MCA president must be able to speak out for the Chinese community and Malaysians of all races and religion. The funny thing is why does one's need to be a president of MCA to speak out for all Malaysians? Are they only able to gain the divine courage and vision if given a top position? That means all who are not MCA president can just sit down and keep their mouth shut. This statement endorses what the ordinary folks has been saying all this while - MCA politicians do not speak out for the people, maybe except the president!

I am not so sure about all the other leaders in MCA but based on his statement this aspiring president has not been speaking up in all his time spent as a State exco and minister since he was not the MCA president. I can't blame him for not speaking up for us since he was not the president. Also I have to accept any of his "apology" if is it forthcoming in the future since he is such a "gentleman" for admitting it.

As a person who professes a religion other than Islam, I can't blame him if he admits that he was not speaking up for the Buddhists when the construction of the Puzhao Buddhist Vihara in Air Hitam, Johore was stopped half-way since 1989 due to protests by people of certain religion and race. That is even if he was a State exco in Johore for a long period, so what? He can't speak up because he was not the president. So that means I only can blame the former president of MCA for not speaking up for the Buddhists.

It's funny but true. Some politicians can only speak up for us if they are the president (hopefully). Other than that they must be just a walking zombie! - Loka