Thursday, May 26, 2005

Rotation Of Chief Minister's Post In Penang

Many years ago in Sabah some smart guy from
Umno suggested that the chief Minister post which was
then held by a non-bumi be rotated.And so it was
rotated. But after sometime some one again opinioned
that the rotation system was not working and that
there was no continuity in the administration.So it
was decided that an Umno member should hold the Chief
Minister Post.That decision has become a permanent
fixture and there is no likelihood a non bumi will
ever hold the Chief Minister Post again in Sabah.That
Chief Minister post is now safely entrenched with an
Umno member and will remain so permanently.
Now the same ploy is being used by an Umno
member from the Bukit Mertajam division to suggest
that the Chief Minister post be rotated among the
other races.The reason given by the Umno member was
that the Chief Minister post should 'be rotated among
the Barisan Nasional parties to prove tolerance and
understanding among them'.
What I fail to understand is why Umno members
are always asking for rotation in the state where non
bumis have a majority in sabah and Penang.? If they
say that by rotation it will prove tolerance and
understanding among the B.N parties then by the same
token shouldn't we also rotate in states with malay
majority like in Selangor, Johore, Perak and all the
other malay majority states?
Penang Umno need to be taught a lesson and
Gerakan can help it by giving the Chief Minister post
to an Umno member.When the next election comes I am
quite certain Gerakan, MCA and UMNO will lose most of
their seats and DAP will be in power.When that happens
UMNO will not even have the Deputy C.M post which it
now holds.

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