Political viagra the ULTIMATE HUMILIATION for MCA in its own building - Guan Eng

MCA suffered the ultimate political humiliation, not from the general election losses and rejection by the rakyat, but from their long time friend in UMNO when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak told the MCA General Assembly yesterday,

"You have the members, you have the people, but it's like the flesh is there but the spirit is weak. We need some political Viagra... We ask the Health minister to provide the medication"

With friends like Umno, who needs enemies

Political parties form, survive and evolve through the passionate fire of principles and to bring about desired change for the rakyat. When political parties lose sight of these principles and are tainted by the corrupting influence of money and power, they will be rejected by the rakyat.

The UMNO’s President advice to MCA that the Health Ministry issues political viagra to revive itself only reminds Malaysians that with friends like UMNO, who needs enemies?

If MCA needs political Viagra from the Health Ministry as advised by Najib, then they only prove that MCA exists not for their principles or to serve the rakyat, but merely to serve the interests of UMNO. MCA’s failure to reproach the BN and UMNO President for these dismissive remarks shows how submissive MCA has become.

If MCA dare not object when they are humiliated in their own building and openly in front of their members, how then can the rakyat expect MCA to fight UMNO to defend Malaysian rights?

Relative poverty has shot up

And the rakyat are seeking answers on how to be set free from the prison of poverty, corruption and debt as result of the mismanagement of BN.

We are not talking about the mountain of debt of 55% Federal government debt to GDP amounting to RM541 billion but the 83% of GDP of personal household debt of Malaysians.

Even though absolute poverty has been reduced, relative poverty has worsened with the price hikes in sugar, petrol, electricity and highway toll charges.

What are the solutions offered when the answer from BN given so far gives no comfort to ordinary Malaysians? On toll hikes, a BN Minister asks the rakyat to avoid them by using alternative roads, even though there are none for some routes. On sugar price hikes, Malaysians are told to eat less sugar to look after their health even though the price of sugar in Malaysia is now higher than the international market price.

On corruption, BN just makes an outright denial that the illicit outflow of funds amounting to RM1.2 trillion over 10 years that made Malaysia the world champion of corruption, is a serious problem.

Can political Viagra solve these daily livelihood problems faced by the rakyat? Or will be fall back on UMNO’s divide and rule policy of playing the fires of racial hatred and religious extremism by pitting Malays against non-Malays, Muslims against non-Muslims and even Muslims against Muslims?

Lim Guan Eng is the DAP sec-gen & Penang Chief Minister