Sack me, Dr Tan dares Gerakan


KUALA LUMPUR: Sack me, Gerakan Federal Territory chief Datuk Dr Tan Kee Kwong throws this dare to his party.

Speaking to the New Straits Times, Dr Tan, who recently accepted a position in the Selangor state government, said: “I am not going to resign. If they want me out, they will have to sack me,”

It is a precarious situation for the party Gerakan is trapped in a no-win situation, and Dr Tan knows it.

“If they sack me, the public is not going to like it. But if they don’t, Umno is going to be very upset with them,” he said.

But Dr Tan is not letting politicking get the best of him and admits that he does not see himself in the party for too long.

“As you can see I’m already 50 per cent out of the party.”

Dr Tan accepted a position with the Selangor state government last month to head a task force on land issues, making him the second Gerakan leader to work with Pakatan Rakyat-led state governments.

Former party deputy secretary-general Lee Kah Choon accepted positions in investPenang and the Penang Development Corporation, both investment arms of the DAP-led state.

While Lee has resigned himself from the party, Dr Tan has been since been issued with two show-cause letters after his first was rejected by the party.

“Why do they want to keep on issuing me such letters? My reply will more or less be the same,” he said.

Regina Lee
NST online
13/06/08

1 comment:

Diversity Dude said...

Dear Dr.Tan,

I must commend you for holding your ground.

There is a difference between UMNO and Barisan Nasional. I want to make it clear that it is not the Barisan Nasional (BN) government, but the UMNO government. It is not the government, but UMNO. Barisan Nasional is a coalition of unequals, not equals. UMNO is the big brother in BN. Therefore UMNO must be held responsible; and more importantly, UMNO must not be allowed to hide behind the BN banner. UMNO is the enemy, not BN.


I have come to the conclusion that the easy solution is to completely defeat UMNO in the next elections.


In the 2004 elections (11th General Election), the voters gave good support to Mr.Abdullah Badawi. But reforms did not come. Why? Probably because UMNO had done well in the elections. If UMNO had done well in the elections, then the election results tell UMNO that the voters are satisfied with the status quo. If the voters are satisfied with UMNO, then no reforms are necessary. In the 2008 elections (12th General Elections), UMNO did not do well, but she managed to win. UMNO did lose the 2/3 majority in the Parliament, but she did win, nevertheless. Will UMNO undertake reforms now? I would not be surprised if she did not. Why should she? UMNO is still the winner in the elections; and she can plan to rise and may even succeed to rise again. So, as long as she wins, she will never undertake the reforms. So, how do the voters get the reforms that they need? The voters will get the reforms when UMNO is completely defeated in the 13th General Elections. If UMNO wins zero seats in the next elections (13th General Elections), then some other party would have to rule Malaysia. Let us call it Party B. If UMNO is completely defeated in the next elections (13th General Elections), then Party B would rule Malaysia. Would Party B undertake reforms? If Party B does not undertake reforms, then voters would know what to do.

So, the next step for Malaysians is to completely defeat UMNO in the next elections.