No human being is perfect and politicians are no exception. While as politicians our decisions are often subject to criticism, UMNO minister Salleh Said Keruak is not qualified to criticize Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for sacking two PKR representatives from their posts in Penang government-linked companies.
Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh had said the removal of two PKR assemblypersons shows “consensus” does not exist in Pakatan Harapan. Perhaps he can enlighten us as to whether there was consensus among the BN component parties on the removal of Muhyiddin Yassin as the Deputy Prime Minister and Mukhriz Mahathir as the Menteri Besar of Kedah? If the appointment (and removal) of his deputy is the sole prerogative of Prime Minister Najib, why does removal of directorship in a GLC require consensus among Pakatan Harapan component parties?
In fact when we talk about “doing what he/she wants”, the master of the skill is none other but Najib. He removed Muhyiddin and Mukhriz simply because they constantly voicing their concerns over the torn in the flesh of najib, ie the 1MDB and the RM2.6 billion donation twin scandal.
As to Ong and Cheah, they were removed because they did not express their reservation before the voting. Therefore, there is a big difference between the removal of Muhyiddin and Mukhriz and the removal of Ong Chin Wen (Bukit Tengah) and Cheah Kah Peng (Kebun Bunga) from the GLC director posts.
DAP can accept different views. However to ensure a government can function smoothly and to reduce differences among different parties, it is important for such different views to be raised and discussed during internal meeting. That was why pre-council meetings were held.