It was thought provoking when Anwar said Ahmad Ismail is a low class politician. A politician with stature would never have to resort to such crass comment to emphasize a point. Malaysians were shocked that it was uttered with impunity in the presence of the BN Chief Whip . No doubt Najib's apology has calmed the national outrage to a certain extent. But really now, Ahmad Ismail's remarks were really offensive and he must face the consequences for provoking the precipitous state of ethno-religous conflict and tensions in the country..
What is really tragic is the Prime Minister of all Malaysians”s response to the remark. Rather than posturing as statesman, its high time Abdullah Badawi recommends in the national interest that the AG exercise his prosecutorial discretion (duty) to charge Ahmad Ismail . This will deter any politicians from both side of the divide from fanning ethnic clashes.
Malaysian politicians must never go down that path of pandering to the racist sentiments of their constituents as Malaysians of all races, religions and geographical locations need to believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that they have a place under the Malaysian sun.
At a time of great economic turbulence and political uncertainty in Malaysia when underlying racial tensions will be exacerbated and exploited for nefarious purposes, the Prime Minister needs to act decisively to prevent the Mother of all May 13th from resurfacing.
By no further action . it would derail all efforts of national unity and the battle for relevance of the ruling coalition partners.
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disciplinary action must be taken onto this ahmad! most of us, more important,i believe the hindraf group are waiting for ISA to be taken onto this guy. dont have to argue who is right or wrong, just get the ceramah that ahmad gave that day and show it to the whole malaysia. if they are brave to say or innocent to be, then show it to the malaysians. there is no need for badawi to be so dictator to order us to shut up! he as a PM must remember this is a democratic country, dont shut us up! what is pendatang? all are pendatang! who are malaysians? all are malaysians! our ancestors fought for this land, so preserve it properly! if cant do it, pls go back to aceh,indon, china, india, pakistan even siam!
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