I refer to arguments that Anwar has reaped what he sowed and Dr. M's statement that it was a rib tickling lesson for Anwar, now that 3 Pakatan Rakyat YBs have quit and become independent assemblyman and are friendly to BN to form the new Perak State Govt.
With all due respect, I would beg to differ from all these so called legal justification to excuse a moral wrong. Clearly, this is morally wrong and unethical. A wrong is still a wrong, and there are no two ways about it. This is because the tax-paying citizens of Perak have been cheated and betrayed by YB's who quit their parties and become independent paving the way for a backdoor entry for BN to form the new state govt. In this case, we hear of strong allegations of Pakatan reps being 'bought over' by BN, that have tainted this govt.
I would also like to highlight a main difference between Anwar's attempt of Sept 16 to form a new govt and the takeover in Perak. Anwar said that he had the numbers to form the federal govt. There were no allegations that he attempted to "buy" any BN reps for a price. Anwar only gave a call but no allegation of money was involved. None however responded, and that has already passed.
However, in this Perak crisis, there was evidence of a statutory declaration made by a PKR member that strongly alleged that money ranging in millions were offered to Pakatan YBs to entice them to crossover. In this sense, the lure of money was the main difference between the two.
I doubt Pakatan would offer any sum of money to BN reps to join Pakatan, as they don't have access to huge federal funds, unlike BN which have millions of ringgit accumulated for the past 50 years from their access to Federal funds, and as the federal govt of the day.
To excuse and justify what has happened in Perak is cowardly to say the least. The people's mandate had not been given to BN to rule Perak, but to Pakatan Rakyat, notwitstanding the slim majority.
I do not blame the Sultan of Perak, but Najib and his cronies for enticing politicians from Pakatan Rakyat to join them is most shameful and cowardly, as they used the tempting bait of miilions of ringgit to lure them. Were there any evidence of monies offered by Pakatan to any BN reps before Sept 16 to join Pakatan and form a new Federal Govt?
Of course, party hopping is ethically and morally wrong, regardless of party affiliation. But my point here is this, who has the stronger bargaining power when it comes to enticing YBs to crossover? Certainly, it is the one with the most funds and assets accumulated for the past 50 years, and that is none other than the corrupt BN regime led by Najib, who has removed a legitimate state govt elected by the voters on March 8, 2008 and has made a mockery of our democracy.
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