“Personally, I would not link up with Dr Mahathir,” said political scientist Dr James Chin.
“For the simple reason is that the mess Malaysia is in now is caused by him. If we do not acknowledge the past, we will make the same mistakes.”
Proarte writes: I think Micawberism has taken hold of the opposition. They never seem to learn.
The unprincipled'my enemy's enemy is my friend' approach which characterised Pakatan Rakyat's DAP, PAS and PKR coming together, ended up in tears with Pakatan Rakyat disintegrating because PAS wanted to introduce hudud in Malaysia.
Despite being unconstitutional and a clear contravention of DAP’s political philosophy, DAP and PAS managed to convince themselves to ‘agree to disagree’ on fundamental principles. Naturally this resulted in an unstable Pakatan coalition which self-destructed after so many wasted years.
Collaborating with Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a man who was responsible in large part for the mess we are in may be 'realpolitik'but it cannot be devoid of principle.
A new paradigm which is based on equality of each citizen and affirmative action based on need and not race must be agreed by Mahathir before any meaningful collaboration can take place. This has to be the opposition’s non-negotiable position.
The unprincipled'my enemy's enemy is my friend' approach which characterised Pakatan Rakyat's DAP, PAS and PKR coming together, ended up in tears with Pakatan Rakyat disintegrating because PAS wanted to introduce hudud in Malaysia.
Despite being unconstitutional and a clear contravention of DAP’s political philosophy, DAP and PAS managed to convince themselves to ‘agree to disagree’ on fundamental principles. Naturally this resulted in an unstable Pakatan coalition which self-destructed after so many wasted years.
Collaborating with Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a man who was responsible in large part for the mess we are in may be 'realpolitik'but it cannot be devoid of principle.
A new paradigm which is based on equality of each citizen and affirmative action based on need and not race must be agreed by Mahathir before any meaningful collaboration can take place. This has to be the opposition’s non-negotiable position.