A DAP lawmaker has advised MCA not to act like Perikatan Nasional (PN) allies by engaging in friendly fire with the government.
Raub MP Chow Yu Hui said this in response to MCA hurling brickbats at Deputy Education Minister Lim Hui Ying for not having an answer ready to a parliamentary query yesterday.
"It was expected that PN would take advantage of the situation but surprisingly, MCA - a member of the government - launched an all-out attack on Lim, with MCA deputy president Mah Hang Soon and MCA Youth secretary-general Daniel Wa Wai How leading the charge.
"Their firepower even surpassed that of PN.
"MCA should not act like it is part of the unity government but loyal to Bersatu and PAS," Chow (above) said in a statement today.
Yesterday, Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Ramli Mohd Nor reprimanded Lim for her failure to prepare a response to Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (PN-Pengkalan Chepa) who sought the education minister's explanation on the Supplementary Food Programme at schools.
This was one of the oral questions that MPs had submitted 10 days before Parliament reconvened, which ministries usually had a prepared answer for.
However, the question was also asked after the question time session was supposed to end.
Commenting on this, Mah had likened Lim's parliamentary performance to “students coming to school for an oral exam and admitting they haven’t done their homework”.
Meanwhile, Wa said Lim's salary should be docked by RM10, citing past DAP calls for the same type of punishment against ministers.
Chow, however, noted that Lim and her team had apologised for the oversight.
"No one is perfect; knowing one's mistakes and correcting them is the greatest virtue.
"As a first-time deputy minister, there are many parliamentary procedures and rules to familiarise oneself with. Lim's team should be given a second chance," he said.
He added that if MCA's Mah wanted to be vocal, there were other issues he could speak up on.
"If Mah wants to make his presence felt, he can choose to counter PN's extremist remarks on the Jom Ziarah programme or comments by Bersatu women’s chief, Rina Harun, on closing down vernacular schools, rather than relentlessly attacking DAP," he said. - Mkini
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