'There is no turning back now even if he admits his mistake and apologises.'
Zaid - from shooting star to fallen star
Observer of Johor: Zaid Ibrahim must go. He has hurt a young and fragile party. He is shown to be power crazy and very irresponsible with his personal attacks against PKR leaders.
There is no turning back now even if he admits his mistake and apologises. We cannot afford to allow people with BN's attitude to stay in the party.
1Malaysiakuku: The best Zaid can do is form another party with another ingrate and politically bankrupt Wee Choo Keong and the other two or three traitors who are now BN-friendly MPs.
Anonymous: I read with sadness all the comments levied against Zaid by the people who once sang his praises. I remember when he left his de facto law minister's post based on his principles, we were all ready to say good things about him. But now that he makes a principled stand against PKR, we train our guns on him.
Personally I think Zaid did the boldest thing anyone could do given the circumstances. He is not a stupid man and he knows full well the amount of support Anwar has. By saying what he said, he knows full well the attacks that are coming his way. Yet he chose to take this difficult path because of what he thinks is right.
I think that action alone speaks a lot about one's principles and character. And we should respect that. Just as we can choose who we want to support, Zaid has a right to choose his actions too. Leave him alone.
Dex: Zaid is not a team player. He has burnt his bridge and crossed the Rubicon. Goodbye Zaid.
'Protestors' stage demo at PKR HQ
Changeagent: P Jenapala, whoever he is, must have been on a really tight budget. That explains why he can only afford to hire the over-70s and under-20s 'protesters'. Either that or he is saving up big for his upcoming "massive mega-rally" sequel.
A Disgusted Malaysian: Don't be surprised to find that this is yet another of those ‘demonstrations' staged by Umno. Isn't this a very good opportunity for PKR's enemies to stage such ‘demonstrations' to tell Malaysians that PKR is in a chaotic state, and that they should not vote for them?
What is this silly little display compared to the relentless organised ‘demonstrations' every now and then against the Penang state government aimed at preventing the ordinary folks from learning that DAP has, in fact, in the space of two and a half years, turned a state that was bankrupted by BN, back to profit?
Ruben: Honestly, Malaysian politics is getting worse by the day. I will not be surprised if Umno and their BN cronies had a hand in it, but what is so disappointing is to see how PKR is being led and run.
YB Anwar Ibrahim needs to exercise his leadership in a firm and fair manner, but I do not see any firmness here. Why is Zaid being given so much leeway and even have the gall to criticise the party leader? Why isn't firm action taken against Zaid?
Also PKR seems to have lost its plot in terms of ensuring that it only accepts members that are genuine to the cause of fighting for Malaysia for all. Instead, there is so much infighting among themselves. Please Anwar, clean up the party .
Anonymous: Jenapala? Who is this guy? There is something wrong with this guy. What is he talking about? Clearly, no substance...
Bloodbath at Rumah Bali and Rumah Busang
Black Mamba: Policymakers and politicians have much to learn from a veteran like (former Kuching MP) Sim Kwang Yang. There would nothing left if the state continues ripping off natives' land in favour of companies they have vested interest in.
Tony: Thanks ex-YB. This is a timely reminder to the authorities of the danger arising from forced removal from their ‘tanah pesaka' without due regards to their ownership claim. We expect more thought-provoking lessons from Sim in his future columns.
Lim Chong Leong: The poor guys have to kill each other for land because most of the land has been taken up by the white-haired rajah, Taib (Mahmud). What they are fighting for are only the remnants.
Singapore's economy set to be bigger than Malaysia's
Rolls-Royce: The funny thing about purchasing power parity (PPP) - if you have not already noticed - is that our ringgit should be appreciating faster than say, the Singapore dollar, when both currencies are compared against the US dollar, but this is not happening.
Before the 1997 financial crisis, they also said our ringgit was undervalue in PPP term, but the crisis came and our ringgit depreciated from RM2.50 to RM3.80 to US$1. Then you look at the recent currency movements, and yes, the ringgit is appreciating against the US dollar but it is depreciating against all major currencies.
So it is not because the ringgit is strong, it is because the US dollar is weak.
Hann Wei Toh: One way to match the GDP growth of Singapore is to increase the population size by 50 percent. But our quality of life will fall, as witnessed in Singapore.
TKC: If we have not lost US$100 billion due to corruption over the last 40 years - which roughly equates to US$5 billion per year by factoring in a simple future value of 4% interest - we would have matched Singapore's GDP figures this year.
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