YOURSAY 'Who knows what will happen in the future? Would it be possible for Barack Obama to be US president, say 50 years ago?'

Non-Malay PM: Go by convention, says Tunku Aziz

Anonymous_3f4a: Nobody is talking about a non-Muslim to be appointed as PM if Pakatan Rakyat wins the election, it's only the Umno-BN media which is trying to spin something out of a casual statement by DAP chairperson Karpal Singh.

What Pakatan wants to do is displace Umno-BN government by democratic means, so what's wrong with that?

If former DAP vice-president Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim is concerned about an Arab Spring taking place here, he should ask the authorities not to resort to using excessive force against the protesters in what would have been a peaceful, jovial rally for clean and fair elections.

To cite Arab Spring as the basis for disapproving Bersih 3.0 is akin to being fearful of your own shadow.

Isn't that a 'seige mentality'? Todate, there isn't a shred of evidence to show that Bersih 3.0 had ill-intentions to engage in violent behaviour at the rally.

Have the authorities recovered any weapons of mass destruction? In fact, Tunku Aziz should be more concerned about those alleging Bersih 3.0 is a prelude to mass demonstrations if Pakatan loses the next election.

Ferdtan: What Tunku Abdul Aziz commented on the issue of non-Malay becoming PM is reasonable and fair; but not necessarily correct as the constitutional law is silent on the issue.

Politics is the art of the possible - perhaps not now, but in time when racial politics is not the sole and key criteria for holding the top post.

In the press conference he seemed to tone down, unlike when he threw diatribes against his former party, DAP, and asking the rakyat to support Najib. It was probably due to the ugly backlash of criticism from disgusted Malaysians.

One comment might have spoilt it was when he criticised the offer to be a senior fellow of the Penang state think-tank Penang Institute which required him to be reporting to a younger man, Zairil Khir Johari.

That showed his true character - his inflated ego. What is wrong to report to a capable person even if he is younger than him? A man of his age should know the meaning of humility.

Learn from National laureate A Samad Said: "I grow old not to become stupid, I grow old to become wiser."

Dood: Instead of realising his situation and seeing the big picture, Tunku Abdul Aziz continues to make foolish statements such as this.

If he truly believes that Malaysia cannot or should not have a non-Malay PM, then I am sorry to say I ever believed that he is a man of substance.

No man who discriminates against another based on race or religion is worthy to be considered anything but a traitor to humanity.

Anonymous #07988903: Why waste time on arguing on issues like this when common sense dictates that the majority will have a final say. The constitution did not specify which race can be PM, as long as he or she is Malaysian.

The current political environment is not matured to have a non-Malay PM. So be it. Who knows what will happen in the future?

Would it be possible for Barack Obama to be president of United States, say 50 years ago?

Anonymous_3e68: More important than the racial profile is whether the PM is dedicated, impartial in judgment, has a low tolerance for corruption and upholds the rule of law.

SayaMalaysian: Tunku Abdul Aziz, being a fellow of the Penang Institute does not mean you report to the CEO. Who are you trying to fool with your ‘biadap' story? From the public's point of view, you are now speaking with little integrity.

Ben-ghazi: What about Information Minister Rais Yatim? He reports to the premier, Najib Abdul Razak. Who is older? In universities, professors report to deans who may be their former students.

Since Tunku Abdul Aziz is so protocol conscious, he should stay out of that institute. He is from a royal family so he cannot mingle with the rakyat, right?

DannyLohh: Following his logic, then by convention there was indeed a non-Malay PM in our history: Ling Liong Sik.

When Umno was de-registered during former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad's time, Ling was appointed acting PM for a few days. A precedence had been set that a non-Malay PM was appointed by none other than Umno.

Lover Boy: Tunku Aziz, there is a convention of ‘frogs hopping' in Malaysia. You have just joined them, the sum total of your justification that you support Bersih but do not support the way they do things is blowing hot and cold at the same time.

Tunku Aziz, the PM just used Dataran Merdeka to make political speeches at a political event on Sunday. Do you have any comments about that?

As for the datuk bandar, he is an idiot and a crony of Umno: he tells Bersih Dataran cannot be used for political event, but when Najib and Umno hold their political event, he is silent on the matter.

Ong: On the matter of the PM post, Tunku Abdul Aziz wants to go by convention and ignores the legal provision according to the constitution.

On the other hand, he opposed the Bersih rally because the rally was, in his opinion, held "in contravention to the law."

Regarding his DAP membership, he had no problems with the double "inducements", first over the vice-president post and then of a paid senator post.

Suddenly, his conscience and deep sense of principles was provoked and he felt deeply insulted by an "inducement to stay" as a DAP member when he was offered a senior fellowship of the Penang Institute whose RM50,000 annual stipend is considered a bribe by him.

Anonyxyz: This is not a speech by a person claiming to be a naive politician and not suitable for a political career. Worse still, it never fits into one who claims to have entered DAP to have a platform to campaign for a corruption-free country.

On the contrary, by wading into a political banana peel of non-Malay PM and demanding for Pakatan to name a shadow cabinet, which are too familiar of BN rhetoric, Tunku Abdul Aziz is slowly revealing his mask.

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