Jeff, you are wrong to call the former members of Pertubuhan Bunga Tanjung (CBT PBT) “desperate housewives”.
When they dissolved the PBT on 9th of March, they did what most spouses would have done - to show their support for their husband’s political agenda.
What is now more important is to ensure that the contributions that were secured by them had been used to help the poor and the needy. If they have mishandled the finances of PBT, a report to the Anti Corruption Agency must be made and let justice run its course.
And please do not denigrate the noun “housewife”. The former members of PBT are mere “house-bond puan sri’s and datin sris” who may be getting as uncomfortable as their comrades the Balkist of Selangor. But again who would not be - with the scepter of 4 grey walls closing on them each day?
There will be no open debate but Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is prepared to meet the wife of his predecessor and former members of the dissolved Pertubuhan Bunga Tanjung (PBT) on the handling of the association’s funds.
He said he did not see a need for a debate with Puan Sri Chui Kah Peng, wife of Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, because he believed the association was upset by his chief-of-staff Jeff Ooi’s comments in his blog.
“Ooi is now taking a break in Vietnam. When he returns on Monday, he can do the necessary explanation.
“It’s not proper for me to debate over issues which I didn’t raise,” he told a press conference after the swearing-in ceremony for state assemblymen here yesterday.
Lim was responding to a challenge by Chui, the former PBT president, to him and Ooi for a public debate over the handling of the association’s funds.
She had given the DAP politicians a 48-hour ultimatum to respond.
He also referred to former PBT members as “desperate housewives”.
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2 comments:
Did Mdm Chui said the demeaning word as published in the SUN that we are not housewives. We are professionas. Did she said that ?
To find out, visit this link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz7B5EPAW_8
To ease the hearing, here is what she said -
We are not just housewives, we are professionals that hold a job.
A lot of difference if interpret them differently right ?
House wives or not, support their husband or not, charity or not...all this have to look from the law....do they have the right to do so? can they call themselve "wife of DUN members", and can she called herself "Wife of CM penang" after 08March2008?
May the law is not 100% clear in this case, but certainly, moral put the up very clear...that rakyat has voice out who is the CM they want! After 08march2008, Dr Khoo is NOT longer a CM, that's people said!
Argue based on the Law? Fine, but when face to rakyat, can she still argue?
Because their act on this, Dr Khoo just lost his hardwork (to be gentlement after PRU12) to keep, to earn his last respect from rakyat.
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