This resignation comes as a big blow to PKR as he once held a top post and was a senior party member who was part of de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's inner circle.
As if that was not enough, Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng today became the second federal lawmaker to leave PKR, delivering another blow to the party that has seen sitting lawmakers leave nearly two years after their historic victory in Election 2008. In true Zahrainian fashion, MP Tan said that he will be an Independent MP.
Currently, PKR has 29 MPs in parliament and the Pakatan Rakyat bench is diminished to just 80 lawmakers against Barisan Nasional’s 137. DAP now has 28 MPs while PAS has 23 MPs.
We can view disappointments in life positively or negatively.
A pessimistic person or an opportunist would emphasize the price that PKR has had to pay and zero in on inherent weaknesses of the party and make a big thing out of the situation. A hopeful pessimist would acknowledge that there ARE inherent weaknesses that exist within PKR but such circumstances can help the party to take remedial measures to emerge as victors and not as the vanquished. To me, it is a purging of moles and/or turncoats which is good for PKR because it can ill afford such characters to be part of the party at this time when the battle is moving into a more serious mode. A blind optimist would choose to disregard such events and continue to live in denial that all is NOT well on the home front.
Whatever it is, a cracked mirror exists in PKR.
The question now is - when they look at themselves in that cracked mirror, what do they see and what are they going to do about it?
What are we going to do to help?
Please leave a comment to share your views, suggestions, observations etc. Thanks! Have a nice day!
Anonymous I always expected this would happen because many members of PKR were detritus of umno and were expecting entitlements like before.
~wits0~