IS KAH CHOON QUIT ALL GERAKAN POSTS JUSTIFY?

Is Gerakan deputy secretary-general Datuk Lee Kah Choon quit all party posts with immediate effect as to take responsible for the election losses and to pave the way for the party to “get back on its feet” justify?

Largely not, after all, he is not the party number one or two. Why should he quit? Because for the sake of the party or the criticisms in a Chinese daily that the party leadership should be responsible for the election losses? Wining or losing in politics is common. What is good for Lee is bad for the party, and vice versa. It’s important to see the responsible leader not in this manner.

If you asked the general public, could you imagine Lee taking this action toward the party or the BN justify? I think most people would have said no especially based on the criticisms in a Chinese daily. There is little sense that such an assessment and the political senario will change anytime soon. The paper seems to cross the line and the public should take into account allow that sort of political meddling for some private personal interest in what they see as a internal party affairs. Wasn’t the cause a good one? Isn’t it matter or otherwise?

Lee, 48, who joined Gerakan in 1987, resigned as Jalan Jelutong branch chairman, Jelutong division chairman, Penang Gerakan assistant secretary, state working committee member, central committee member and central working committee member.

Lee, a lawyer, said he would continue to serve the party as an ordinary member, especially in Jelutong and Machang Bubok. He defeated DAP’s Karpal Singh for the Jelutong parliamentary seat in 1999 and retained the seat in 2004. In the March 8 polls, he lost the Machang Bubok state seat to PKR’s Tan Hock Leong.