'You only need a two-thirds majority when you cannot convince the electorate and/or other MPs of the necessity and desirability of any law that you want to pass or amend.'

Zaid: PM 'crazy' for two-thirds majority

Singa Pura Pura: It seems the ‘emperor' needs his two-thirds to carve up all the constituencies nicely. Don't you get it? He is not going to have Pakatan present itself as an alternative to BN. He will not countenance a two-coalition system in this land. Or Selangor and Penang in ‘un-Malay' hands.

No way. He wants a full return to the days of feudal despotism of Malaya. The ‘Orang Kaya' is after all a feudal lord, is he not?

Johan A: The fact that BN and especially Umno have always harped on getting the ‘crucial' two-thirds majority reveals their evil intentions. You only need a two-thirds majority when you cannot convince the electorate and/or other parliamentarians of the necessity and desirability of any law that you want to pass or amend.

Thus you need to use brute force to shove it down people's throats regardless of whether the law/amendment is worthy of people's support or not.

Azree Azhar: I believe we need more people like Zaid in our political scene. Because he stands by his principle strongly and is able to pitch the same thing wherever he is. Plus, nobody can question his motives too as he is wealthy in his own right!

He has no need for political office to become rich. That's the type of politician that we need today. People who want to help other people, not help themselves.

Akmal Ariffin: Zaid Ibrahim is not ‘double-tongued'. When he was the law minister, he did try to right the wrongdoings of Mahathirism. If being an Umno member is a wrong, then so is Anwar Ibrahim. This is no time for witch-hunting. Zaid is already well-off as far as his pockets are concerned. He has found a new and meaningful path, and also one of the architects of Pakatan Rakyat.

Umno president Najib Abdul Razak is keen on getting his two-thirds majority to convince the Malays especially that he is in control. He is only trying to fool the ignorant and he is succeeding. But Pakatan has no need to panic as the next general election will be the true deciding factor.

Ian2003: Why blame BN for poaching? Please examine your own candidate for the coming general election so that there are no defections. Look at PAS in Kelantan - even at the time when PAS had only a majority of one state assemblyperson, there were no defections.

Look at yourself, PKR, and reflect on and reassess your position. At least now you can weed out the unreliable candidate and be stronger for the coming general election.

DontPlayGod: All said and done, it's time PKR leaders look closely at potential candidates for the next general elections. Don't select them just because they have been ‘loyal' members.

Select them for their personal credibility and proven leadership and maybe on their past employment records or business activities. Get recommendations and referees for their characters. This is necessary if PKR is to move forward and grow.

Wong Pok Seng: Let's ask all those jumpimg ‘frogs' to explain why they decided to leave PKR and the very people who voted for them. Hold a ‘ceramah' just like when you canvassed - or should I say pleaded with - us to vote for you then.

We want to hear from you, not from anyone else. Why is it important and how you can serve us by becoming an independent? Why didn't you hold a referendum among us before deciding unilaterally to leave the party?

Lest you forget, we are the reasons why you are there in the first place. Do the honourable thing if you want to be independent - resign. We voted for the party - not ‘frogs'.

Mbn: Being disgusted about the ‘frogs' does not help anyone. Especially to those who helped him to win. Seriously, what we voters should do is organise ourselves (not by any political party) and march to these representatives' offices to demand them to explain their reasons for leaving the party.

An unsatisfactory explanation should result in a total boycott of these elected reps by the public. It can it be done.

Mangodurian: Are we to infer that PKR/Pakatan shouldn't be ruthless enough to grab power from BN and let BN run the show for the lack of funding to ‘buy/rent' these politicians?

At this rate, we'll never be rid of BN. Worse, even if Pakatan does take over, it looks like they, like BN, will have to make sure that there will be enough ‘funding' to keep them there. I am not not sure which is worse.

The system breeds politicians who use politics as a stepping stone to ‘better things' and the few good people that are in politics for the good and right reasons are so few and so good that they are not cunning nor ruthless enough to play the game to win.

Kgen: The difference between Anwar's Sept 16 and Najib's March 2010 is that Anwar urged the BN members of parliament to defect on principle - not for money or fake corruption charges. Anwar also declared that new elections will be called after Pakatan had taken over federal power.

The reason was noble - to save Malaysia from further depredation by BN with a quick transfer for power. Anwar was appealing to good men to leave bad company but Najib is enticing weak men to join bad company. Even if Sept 16 was wrong, two wrongs do not make a right.

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