DAP needs loyal fighters, not Brutus-like traitors

 

From S Neelamekan

I have been a DAP member since 1986, long before certain ministers today became members of the party.

Names such as Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, P Patto and veterans of their ilk are not just names but embodiments of the strife and struggle that we ordinary Malaysians had to go through to ensure that justice and fairness was given to the majority of Malaysians.

Many of them, including our current firebrand chairman Lim Guan Eng, went to jail not once but multiple times as they held true to their principles of justice and fairness.

I have seen up close the sacrifices and struggles that these veteran leaders and the current chairman had to go through.

Many young leaders today enjoy the perks, benefits, and luxury that power showers upon them. Their positions bring many opportunities to benefit themselves, their families, and their friends. But have they once wondered what got them here today?

The decades of building the party, the blood, sweat and tears are lost on this current generation, so much so that they glorify treachery to maintain power, fame and position.

True fighters love their enemies, but traitors are a very painful lot.

Imagine you nurture a child, guide him, and this political son of yours betrays you, the party and the community it represents.

If he can do that at the flip of a coin to Guan Eng, who stepped aside to coronate him to the peak where he now sits, it won’t take him long to sell the party to the highest bidder.

When the party loses the faith of its loyal base, it will be burned to the ground.

Just look at MCA. They only have two parliamentary seats as a consequence of compromising with Umno all these years. Their community was fed up with the compromising weak leadership.

Dare I say, if these treacherous young turks take over, DAP will not just be the bootlickers of Umno, but will be held to ransom by the racial and religious fanaticism that is currently being spewed by irresponsible miscreants.

DAP needs Guan Eng. Malaysia needs Guan Eng.

We need a fighter who goes to extremes to fight for justice and fairness.

We don’t need traitors who want to sell our party’s struggle and the future of our community for power and money.

Out with Brutus! - FMT

S Neelamekan is the chairman of DAP’s Lunas branch in Kedah.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.