By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani
PETALING JAYA, July 3 — In deflecting suggestions that a trivial issue led to the DAP pulling out of the Kedah Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state government, Lim Kit Siang fell back on a cliche, and argued that the pigs were just “the straw that broke the camel’s back”.
In a shocking announcement, Kedah DAP announced on Wednesday its decision to pull out of the state government after local authorities demolished the state's only pig abattoir.
But Lim said today that the abattoir was not the sole reason for the state DAP's decision.
He pointed out that the abattoir issue was symptomatic of the PAS-led state government's failure to perform and take into account the views of the public.
“Personally, I think the issue in Kedah is not about pigs but the people. It is not about the abattoir even.
"The reason for what happened Kedah is that Kedah DAP felt many issues concerning the people of Kedah were not taken account by the state government. The issue of the abattoir was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” he told reporters at DAP headquarters here today.
Lim will be heading to Kedah tomorrow to meet with his party members.
The DAP veteran also plans to meet with the grassroots and gauge public sentiment on the issue.
PR's crisis in Kedah is just the latest problem to hit the alliance of DAP, PAS and PKR.
PAS is also continuing its flirtation with Umno, and has proposed talks between the Youth wings of the two Malay-Muslim parties.
Such developments have led to an escalation of efforts to quickly bring together the three parties in a more permanent structure akin to the formal coalition of the rival Barisan Nasional (BN).
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just quit and go back to being the opposition which the DAP is familiar with...
since the opposition mentality is always there...
cant even see eye to eye at state level .... how to ask the people to give you all power at federal level ????