If Nothing2Hide, let’s hear from Arul and Pua
YOURSAY | If Arul goes head to head with Pua, the DAP leader will crucify him.’
Tony Pua offers to host live talk show for 1MDB chief
Anonymous_1421806811:
If 1MDB boss Arul Kanda is thoroughly sincere to prove to the world that the sovereign fund has nothing to hide, then he should take up the challenge.
After all, Arul used to be a first-class debater and he can easily make mincemeat out of DAP leader Tony Pua and silent him once and for all.
Generally, Malaysians feel 1MDB is hard-pressed to cover up for the sake of a selected few. Nothing Arul says will convince us otherwise.
Mushiro: Arul has already thoroughly impressed the cabinet, Umno and even MCA.
Obviously PM Najib Razak, wife Rosmah Mansor and friend Jho Low too are relieved and impressed.
Now Arul only need to impress DAP and PKR, while PAS is not interested. This should be chicken feed.
Anonymous 333051435672397: Let's just wait for the auditor-general to conclude his investigation and prepare his report on this issue.
The report will then be submitted to Public Accounts Committee (PAC). My point is very simple. The investigation is still going on.
Pua should stop making wild and unproven allegations. 1MDB has already given its answers. There is no need for the 1MDB president to go on live talk show.
FellowMalaysian: If Arul has any balls at all, which I seriously doubt, even if he does not wish to appear publicly in a talk show, then he should answer a few simple questions from Pua.
And please save us the garbage that all the information needed has been published in the 1MDB website. Obviously they are not.
Aries46: I doubt Arul should be solely to blame for the spins and recycled explanations now gaining mass appeal among his Umno-BN fans.
He is merely singing that they want to hear - that 1MDB is squeaky-clean and whiter than white and the RM2.6 billion was from a Middle East donor.
It is said that ‘if you tell a lie often enough you will come to believe it as the truth’ and it seems to be working out for him.
Anyway for all the hot air, let us hope he is man enough to take Pua on.
If he does, Malaysians expect Pua to strip him bare and take the 1MDB issue to the cleaners, preferably the Indian ones where they strike the soiled clothes against a huge stone to remove stubborn stains.
The Analyser: As if Malaysian free-to-air television isn't bad enough already. Here we have another personality versus personality exercise in one-upmanship.
It’s an exercise that will achieve nothing in the larger scene for Malaysia. All it is, is another opportunity for Pua to criticise the BN government.
If 1MDB is to be brought to task, then it must be through the full process of law, not trial by TV.
So, if Pua wanted to do something really worthwhile about addressing what he sees are the faults of 1MDB then he should be doing it via the judicial system.
All he is doing is pandering to the voters with his personal vendetta pretending that persistence is an alternative to real and effective governance and respect for the institutions of the state.
Tailek: Arul is not stupid. He knows if he goes head to head with Pua, the DAP leader will crucify him.
Arul will just say Pua is politically motivated against 1MDB so there is no need for debate. This is a tried and tested BN response.
RM2.6Billion Duit Haram: Arul, this is the best chance to show the world that 1MDB has nothing to hide. You know that your explanation in front of friendly interviewers are not convincing.
Only fools would believe that wholesale. In fact, the majority of Malaysians are hoping that you take on Pua to settle the issue once and for all.
Indeed, Pua is willing to be shamed by you if you can convincingly beat him.
Anonymous_1391693662: Yes, if Arul, takes this challenge, the people will be able to get a better view of the 1MDB issues.
Proper questions will be posed by Pua as he has more knowledge and knows, exactly what questions to be posed, unlike Bernama .
MariKitaUbah: If you feel uncomfortable, you can bring along Umno leaders Abdul Rahman Dahlan, Salleh Said Keruah, Najib and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to accompany you.
Shovelnose: Pua’s challenge is akin to asking Arul to sit in the backseat of a moving open-top vehicle while they have a spitting competition.
I’m not holding my breath he'll accept.
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