BN and Pakatan - equally sickening!

Pakatan Rakyat is already under rickety when PKR and DAP tried to outdo PAS over the proposal to replace Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim with Wan Azizah, Anwar's wife.

DAP's support also drew criticism from Khalid's camp, and it got a bit bitchy.

His former political secretary, Faekah Husin, urged Lim Guan Eng, who is also Penang chief minister, to walk the talk by giving his chief minister’s post to his wife, Betty Chew Gek Cheng. Lim supports Wan Azizah as the replacement MB for Selangor.

Honestly, I don't care about the drama in Pakatan Rakyat. Its their house, anyway.

However, I am worrisome of the latest development in Barisan Nasional, notably the tit-for-tat between Umno and MCA. What is happening and where does the bickering lead us to?

MCA has hit back at Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz for labelling the party as irrelevant after the party's Youth wing criticised Penang's plan to bar foreigners from working as cooks at street food outlets.

MCA central committee member Datuk Ti Lian Ker said there was no need for Nazri to make disparaging remarks about MCA Youth as he should be aware that even Umno has had its ups and downs.
Ti, who also chairs MCA's religious harmony bureau, said Nazri should not stoop so low by hitting below the belt or make personal taunts at the party.
"During the 1999 Reformasi period and in 1988 when Umno was declared illegal, MCA was steadfast in its support and continued to encourage the Chinese community to vote for Barisan Nasional.
"As a cabinet minister, Nazri should show some class and be mindful of his words, instead of disparaging a fellow BN ally over the issue of foreign cooks," Ti said in a statement today.
"It is certainly uncalled for that a senior minister of Nazri's experience to make such remark about a component partner, especially when the party is down."
Nazri, who is the tourism and culture minister, had supported the Penang state government's proposal to bar foreigners as main cooks in hawker stalls, saying the move was to protect local cuisine.
However, MCA Youth secretary-general Leong Kim Soon said Nazri's endorsement gave the impression that Putrajaya agreed to the idea.
Nazri responded by saying he did not care about what MCA had to say, especially as the party was no longer relevant after being rejected by voters in the 13th general election.
Saying MCA was politicising the issue, Nazri questioned why the party was overly concerned about employment of foreigners instead of locals.
"Why are they so bothered about foreigners being employed? No wonder they lost in the last election because they don't seem to have a proper direction," Nazri had said.

I had written a few times about this - settling differences among BN component parties. Didn't Najib tell them to solve issues behind close door, behind four walls? What happened to the spirit of cooperation and understanding among them?

Najib seems to be losing control. But please don't blame him. He has been alone doing the right things for the nation and the people. Those appointed to assist him are all opportunist, grabbing this and that projects for their own personal gain.

I know laar... because I 'kena' a few times with them.

So what now?

BN and PR are both not relevant anymore for staging a lot of stupidities along their duty to help the electorates. Come 14th general election, you think the rakyat would still bank their hope on both political pacts?

Better form another party la, agree? Someone should initiate the move... fed up already (unless Umno and MCA really have a boss up there to control them!)