COMMENT | Who initiated the process of no contest for the top two posts in political party elections and created delays? Umno, of course.
It is disturbing that PKR is now mooting the drastic idea of not having contests for the top two posts at their upcoming party polls in May.
Any such move which impedes democratic processes within a party always leads to a consolidation of power for the top leaders, inevitably making them more dictatorial and less responsive to the needs and aspirations of the rakyat.
It thwarts the democratic process, which diffuses upwards to the top when dissent can be aired and tested to see if a majority of members are discontented with their leaders and ready for a change of leadership at the party polls.
Remove the contest for the top two and democracy gets the plunge of a knife - if it does not kill, it maims often irrecoverably so for many years.