Frogs are known for their disloyalty and their amphibious ability to change their political views in the blink of an eye.
Malaysia
is a colourful country. It is a melting pot of diverse cultures and
sometimes we have crude ways to describe certain scenarios with the use
of animals and insects. Even in politics these creatures are used to
depict a vivid picture that speaks more than a thousand words.
Mosquitoes are pests, but it is used to describe political parties
that have a small membership. But even mosquito parties that are
friendly to the ruling government are rewarded with senatorship and
other senior government posts.
Dogs are regularly used in the political arena to describe the act of
sucking up to certain leaders in the hope of getting rewards, as these
cute animals are known to show their unabashed affection to their owners
by lapping.
Crocodiles are dangerous especially the two legged ones, who are
dressed like men in black. These crocodiles wouldn’t hesitate to swallow
you whole if you ever cross them.
Snakes are used to describe politicians who love to flip-flop, twist
and turn and go around the mulberry bush, but always ending back in
square one.
Cows are used to describe politicians who are brain-dead, mooing in
the fields to remind others that they are not dumb. These are the ones
that will consume every inch of grass until the land becomes infertile,
and then they will look for greener pastures.
Chickens, especially headless ones, are used to describe political parties that operate without a credible leader.
The characteristics of a frog
But the most controversial of these creatures are the amphibious
frogs. Frogs come in all shapes and sizes. Some look like poisonous
toads, while some frogs can hop from one pond to another and then back
again.
Frogs are known for their disloyalty and their amphibious ability to
change their political views in the blink of an eye. They are experts at
double-talk and making U-turns while hopping in mid-air. They are also
known to be deadly pawns in the re-takeovers of state governments.
But frogs have one thing in common. They have a mutual understanding
among fellow-frogs that they should remain independent. This is to
prevent others from badmouthing their intentions or to blame them for
the fall of state governments.
They tend to segregate among themselves in Parliament, and croak
against their individual parties while trying to sound independent.
The kiss of life
But frogs unlike other creatures, are blessed with the ability to
change into a prince and princess, once they get the Kiss of Life. Yes,
they will automatically get to inherit untold wealth and super bungalows
that are more comfortable than summer palaces. Even state-of-the art
horse chariots like Mercedes Benz instead of the Toyota Camrys and
Proton Perdanas that the common people use.
Most frogs share the same characteristics. They are usually
undisciplined, immoral and are open to blackmail. Some of them are
hopelessly in debt. They have long tongues so they croak loosely and lap
well. They have long hind legs that try to balance themselves on both
political platforms, while trying to act innocent and independent.
But unlike other creatures, frogs have short life spans. Five years
at the most for them to party and to feign innocence, and then they
start to evolve into other less amphibious life-forms.
Anti-hopping or frog-hopping act
Recently the Penang state government proposed an anti-hopping law to
discourage frog hopping. The Selangor state government is expected to
follow suit. The reason being that frog hopping is immoral, unethical
and unprincipled. It is also a betrayal of the people’s trust. It is a
very noble idea that should have the endorsement of the entire Malaysian
government but surprise, surprise! There are a lot of opposition
towards it, especially from the BN government.
Gerakan is dead set against the idea, citing that it is
unconstitutional. What?! Frogs also have constitutional rights? The
minority politician’s rights must be protected even though it goes
against the rights of the majority rakyat who voted them in?
MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek, meanwhile, condemned DAP for the
proposal and reminded the latter that Pakatan parties have often relied
on political defections to gain electoral power.
So wouldn’t such an act protect BN from further abuses?
In fact, the whole government including Dr Mahathir Mohamad is
against such a preposterous idea. But wouldn’t this new law benefit the
ruling government? Without frog hopping, BN gets to keep its spoils
instead of having to share, or engage in the repulsive act of kissing
these repugnant frogs to turn them into princes and princesses.
Why do frogs hop?
Must the rakyat be reminded of the fact that voting in these
politicians is at their own risk, and is not a guarantee that
politicians would keep their feet on the ground or suddenly change their
political views overnight?
Now, why would these BN politicians be so against the noble idea of
an anti-party hopping law? How can we allow these immoral, unethical and
unprincipled frogs to party the whole night long, hopping from one
party to another like “pub crawling” while croaking away like fools in a
karaoke joint?
Why is it that in some countries like Malaysia, politicians get to
hop like frogs at the expense of the electorate? Why do frogs treat the
rakyat like flies ready to be devoured with the flick of a tongue and in
the blink of an eye?
Why must politicians protect their right to jump at the slightest
pressure? Aren’t they aware that their bosses are the people who voted
them in, and gave them the mandate to protect and secure the people’s
rights? Why must they protest at the thought of losing their seats, if
they jump? Try picturing a frog jumping with one hand holding on to his
rickety chair?
It is not like the straight, disciplined and honest politicians in BN
who are considering making the hyper jump to the opposition in the
first place, so why are they suddenly so concerned and caring about the
rights of the opposition leaders who may evolve into amphibians after
the elections?
Would such a noble law eradicate their amphibious right to hop in
search of better pastures? Mahathir is right when he jokingly said: “If
they are born in the year of the frog, they will jump lah!”
It is such a complicated matter, that we the simple layman will never
know what goes on in the heads of these purported “intellectually sane”
politicians.
It is not even like a political circus with animals to entertain us,
that Malaysians are lamenting about; but with the addition of insects
and amphibians, it’s beginning to sound more like a flea circus.
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