WHERE IS THE DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER?

I don’t understand why it takes them so long to name a Deputy Chief Minister. Till today there’s no sign the post will be filled soon.

Is the position least important that they can afford to delay naming a candidate? Is the position more of symbolic nature than a practical and functioning position?

Guan Eng and Anwar have a lot of answering to do. They can point fingers but doing such thing won’t settle the problem.

What they need to do now is to put the interest of the Malays in Penang at the fore front. The
Deputy Chief Minister is to represent the Malays in making any executive decision.

Who is doing that right now? How long the Penang Malays going to be leader-less? Who is taking care of their interest?

Delaying appointing someone to fill the vacant position shows PKR is lacking of reliable candidate. From the pool of Malay ADUNs in Penang, I’m quite surprised that they can’t find someone that’s able to undertake that responsibility.

Can’t Guan Eng ask Anwar to expedite the appointment? Not doing so further proof that Guan Eng is tooth less Chief Minister. He has to ‘kow tow’ to Anwar.

Can someone please tell me; is that the spirit in Pakatan Rakyat? From what I can see, it seems there’s only one leader leading the whole bunch. Everyone including leaders from other parties within the coalition have to listen or wait for Anwar’s respond on whatever issue.

Where do we go from here? Is Anwar going to wait until PR wins Penanti by-election before he announce the candidate?

In this predicament, the losing party is not DAP or PKR. It is the rekyat who are bound to suffer.

The ‘adhesive’ that binds together all PR members is not strong as it was used to be.

This situation further proves that this coalition is a marriage of convenient. They one have common ‘enemy’ in BN. But unfortunately they can’t fight together under 1 voice. We can see that in Penang.

Now the ball is in their court. The Malays in Penang have to decide what s best for them. They have to demand a Deputy Chief Minister to be appointed as soon as possible. They can choose to ignore or decide using the ballot box.

BN shouldn’t rest on their laurel. They have to start work now and think of ways to wrest control Penang from PR. Fail to do so at the coming General Election, will mean that it’s going to be difficult task to win the hearts of Penangite.