Who the hell Ahmad Ismail think he is?

I am sure many Malaysians are just wondering how come so much leeway was given to a low class, low ranking divisional UMNO leader from Penang who uttered racist remarks and then behaved arrogantly in the presence of the media and cheered on by his followers.

Though the BN may say that Ahmad Ismail acted on his own but it has been worry trend in the country after the March 8 GE. It seems there could be many Ahmad Ismails lurking within UMNO who would not hesitate to play the racial and religion card just to get themselves noticed.

Yes, the BN lost badly in the 12th GE but it still has a healthy majority in parliament to govern the country. Instead of acknowledging and accepting the reasons for the loss in support, some BN component party leaders have been harping on sensitive issues much to the chagrin of others. This is not good for a multi-racial and multi-religious country like ours.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim proposed take over on September 16 will not happen. It's just a bluff and his way of shaking up the BN and it did. The lates reaction from the BN being the junket to Taiwan by several BN MPs. He must be laughing himself silly on how he got the BN to suspect its own MPs of jumping ship and thus making them sign a pledge of loyalty.

There's no law in Malaysia against any elected MP or state assemblyman who switch allegiance. I personally find those who do so, without resigning from their seat as unscrupulous and unprincipled. It is time we have legislation requiring those who defect to resign and seek re-election. With such a legislation, we don't have to worry about any defections as the seat will be declared vacant should anyone choose to do so.