vox populi small thumbnail 'Change is never easy to bring about and BN is not an easy adversary. It can't afford to allow change to occur and would use all possible means to discredit Pakatan.'

Pakatan losing public confidence, warns Kit Siang

Lonestar: Ridiculous but true. After deciding that it was time for change and going ahead to vote for change in the 12 th general election, we, the voters, are now just sitting on the sidelines and watching and waiting for change to simply occur.

But change is never easy to bring about and BN is not an easy adversary. It can't afford to allow change to occur and would use all possible means to discredit Pakatan Rakyat.

In order to ensure change we, the voters, must continue to demand and work for change for the better. Supporters of both BN and Pakatan must keep chasing after them to ensure change for a better Malaysia for all of us and the future generations.

Don't just sit back and criticise and complain.

LG: It is not only internecine conflict that is weakening public confidence in Pakatan. In Penang, it is a feeling that the DAP government is insensitive to non-Chinese needs.

That is the feeling that routed the BN coalition the last time around in the 12 th general election. If Lim Guan Eng thinks he can win the hearts of the Indian voters by attending a renegade's Deepavali open house, he is hallucinating.

DAP needs to get out of its denial. Do not think only of Indian vote numbers. Think of all the echoes the Indians can create.

DAP had better start doing some things very differently soon. For starters, they should stop their continuing manipulating of the Kampung Buah Pala village committee and take care of all of them magnanimously.

'U-turn' Ong: My conscience is clear

HQ: Ong Tee Keat, your conscience is muddled. You orchestrated rallies to show support for you and misled the public into thinking you are a hero to justify your continued stay.

You think you are popular but wait till the next general election. You are finished. You are the worst president who has shown no respect to the delegates.

Like someone said, you made a mockery of the party's constitution and of the highest decision- making body in the party - a party which you don't deserve to lead.

Kleo: Ong's probably right in staying because MCA doesn't really have sufficiently credible leaders who can take his position.

But Ong shouldn't have said that he's willing to step down if he can't walk the talk. A promise is a promise, and now that he's gone back on his word, he has lost my trust.

Loyal Malaysian: Yes, it's good your conscience is clear. I can only hope you shall be able to perform your duties as MCA president properly granted the circumstances of your 'resurrection'. Please be able to stand on what is right and moral, and not say yes to every Umnoputra demand.

PM: Some PAS leaders put politics above 'ummah'

Gk: Umno is quick to harp on ‘Malay unity' whenever there is ‘opening'. For someone who helms Kelantan as menteri besar and is the spiritual leader of PAS for 20 over years, Tok Guru Nik Aziz knows only too well the Umno culture and behaviour.

Just see how the federal government treats Kelantan and how it handled the oil royalty issue when PAS wrested Terengganu. Ask ourselves, is Umno principled and qualified enough to lead the federal government in the long run?

Tok Guru must be the most disappointed man to know his own comrades could go behind his back for talks on a unity government with Umno.

I will do the same thing in calling for an EGM if I were Tok Guru. Moles can be easily planted if you have the money, but I hope this is not the case for PAS Muslims.

Jane: Wrong, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, wrong. Only Umno is keen on ‘Malay unity'. Only the confused in PAS may try to go back to this old grind. But Tok Guru knows his mettle.

It's unity of the opposition that can bring peace, justice and fairness. It's an uphill task, but with Tok Guru at the helm. PAS will stay with Pakatan.

Teoh's family wants post-mortem by Thai expert

Kgan: Why is is necessary to get the coroner's permission to exhume the body for another post- mortem? Can't they just go ahead and do it? We all know Umno's courts are not interested in finding out the truth; only in covering up the truth so that suicide can be pinned on Teoh Beng Hock.

Loyal Malaysian: If Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand believes she can come to a conclusive decision based on a second autopsy and Beng Hock's family agrees, there ought not be any obstacles.

Let the truth be known. The MACC must be brought to account. Justice for Beng Hock.

X'roy: There should be no question of the coroner not allowing the second autopsy. If the coroner refuses this second autopsy, we'll know what the first autopsy was all about.

The very fact that the government had to get outside help in to represent the MACC indicates that they want to defend this for all they are worth. Once this is established, we should revisit the A Kugan case.

Cala: Teoh Beng Hock, many people in Malaysia are crying for you. Let your sudden death be the catalyst of an impending reform that brings about justice.