LIM KENG YAIK: MY FOOT!

The general political rule is that the one who made mistake should be obliged to bear the consequences of the mistake. Dr Lim Keng Yaik had made no greater political mistake than picked up Lee Kah Choon. It is truly unbelievable and no sense at all why should Dr Lim Keng Yaik is so disappointed and angry.

It got me thinking and I can’t see where and how to conclude to a point Gerakan has not to face it; honestly, I can’t wait to see upcoming practical political strategy from veteran politician Lim Keng Yaik instead of describing himself as a “disappointed and angry old man”.

It is reported that former Gerakan president Dr Lim Keng Yaik described efforts by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to rope in Lee Kah Choon as a form of “poaching” which he also repeatedly described as “froggy politics”.

“And Guan Eng has the gall to say that this is a new era of politics. My foot! He is a far more cunning politician than his father or Karpal Singh. I don‘t think his father or Karpal would approve of his effort. This was the kind of things they were shouting when we were in power.”

“I’m disappointed and angry because he was picked by me. Dr Koh Tsu Koon should not be blamed,” he said. He criticized former protégé Lee Kah Choon for lacking principles by seeking greener pastures with the new Penang Pakatan Rakyat government.

Describing himself as a “disappointed and angry old man” over the matter, Keng Yaik said he shouldered the blame for grooming Lee as a prominent leader in the party.

“This young man is not willing to struggle anymore. He is trying to take short cuts. Don’t tell me he is not in active politics anymore. He is still very much in it, but now, with a DAP agenda.”

“The sooner you can see the real face the better. No principles. No spirit of struggle and wants to take the easy way out.”