Sunday, April 18, 2010

elected to serve, not to own

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was quoted as saying that Hulu Selangor had traditionally been a Barisan stronghold but was "on loan to PKR for a while". He was quoted as saying: "The time has come for the loan to lapse and the seat to be returned to Barisan".

Pardon me, Mr. Prime Minister. Neither Barisan Nasional nor Pakatan Rakyat "own" Hulu Selangor or Malaysia for that matter. The voters elect a representative to Parliament to carry out their manifest will, not for someone to be a vehicle for his party to do as the party bosses please. You are elected as a servant to listen to the voices on the ground and to serve them. You do not "own" anything. A Parliamentary or a state seat or any elected position is not a property nor a commodity for you to own or to run as your own personal fiefdom and to barter, trade and buy or sell as you will. Get that straight.

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