I refer to the Malaysiakini report Take me on if you dare: Zulkifli to Sivarasa .

I sometimes wonder how a maverick character like Zulklifli Noordin could ever have been elected to be a ‘wakil rakyat’.

But then the March 8, 2008 election was an election that was perhaps an exception. The voters were literally put off with the flip-flops of former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and as they say, even a cow contesting against a BN candidate would’ve walked away the winner.

Looking at Zulkifly’s contributions so far, one would think that he was a BN ‘wakil rakyat’ rather than a Pakatan Rakyat man.

He acts and behaves as if he is not bound by any of the common policies and philosophies espoused by the PKR manifesto. He directs most of his vocal criticisms at Pakatan policies rather than at BN's continued harassment of Pakatan members in the Selangor state assembly.

At times I wonder whether he is an Umno man planted to sabotage the Pakatan government in Selangor.

His latest antic to challenge PKR’s R Sivarasa for the party’s vice-president’s post is a joke which only an eccentric can induce. He is not even aware that if he were to contest against even a nobody in his constituency, he would probably lose his deposit.

If only he had spent some time reading comments about his antics and behaviour he would be surprised to find how vilified he is in blogosphere.

What perhaps surprise me even more is the reluctance of the PKR leadership to discipline this maverick politician who has caused considerable damage to the PKR's image and political future.

The PKR leadership must lop off this gangrenous limb before it poisons the whole body. Allowing this maverick politician to continue with his erratic behaviour is an option PKR leadership cannot afford to choose.