A PRIME MINISTER FOR ALL?

The CM of all Penangites has started on a long journey of fostering changes – one of which is to stem the tide of regressive religious tolerance.
His attendance at the state level Mualidur Rasul celebration carries great political and religious significance.
The years of divisive rule under the BN government has taken a huge moral and spiritual toll on the psyche of Malaysia. This was made all too clear when the component parties from BN twiddled their fingers and looked away when the rights of the religious minority were methodically challenged by religious extremist.
Last week, AAB once again declared himself to be the Prime Minister for all.
But will "the Prime Minister for all" walk that same road that the CM of Penang walk? Will he continue to turn aside when religious extremists from within the BN government chip away the fundamental right for all Malaysians to profess and practice their own religion?

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and two DAP exco members attended the state-level Maulidur Rasul celebrations at the Seberang Jaya expo site here yesterday. He said he was glad he was able to attend the function,which was attended by about 3,000 Muslims. “I understand this is the first time a Penang Chief Minister is attending this celebration,” he told reporters covering the event.
Lim said he had sought advice from Deputy Chief Minister I Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin, state Mufti Datuk Hassan Ahmad, PAS and PKR leaders on his attendance and was told he could do. He said he was willing to attend other religious festivals if invited, noting that the state government respected all religions.
Besides Lim and Mohammad Fairus, the exco members were Lim Hock Seng and Phee Boon Poh.

To put it in politic-speak “The federal opposition parties have no experience in luring power seeking opportunist” The experience belongs to the BN and in Sabah, the PBS.

No Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) MPs have been approached by PKR leaders to cross over to the Opposition, said its deputy president Datuk Dr Maximus
Ongkili. “The Opposition would not dare. We’re a team of principled leaders. Why should PKR and the Opposition engage in this disrespectful act of ‘buying’ elected representatives?
“We have had enough of frog politics in the past ….. Stressing that such acts must be condemned, he said politicians who leapfrog must be removed.
“Those who promote this sort of dirty and undignified politics should be condemned by the people. It’s a corrupt practice,” said Dr Maximus.

If only the PM hears and respects the religious right of the minority just as well as Sime Darby "sees" it.

Sime Darby Berhad has fulfilled its promise to rebuild two Hindu temples demolished in an estate belonging to the company in Rantau Negeri Sembilan.
The temples were demolished in the midst of the recently-concluded general election.
The company’s executive vice-president (plantation and agri-business division) Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid said the temples were rebuilt with stronger foundation and designed according to specification of the estate’s temple committee."The temple committee will now pick up an auspicious day to perform the necessary religious rites before the workers can worship there.