Comments for Barisan leaders’ talk of pullout from coalition worries Muhyiddin at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:05:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/barisan_leaders_talk_of_pullout_from_coalition_worries_muhyiddin.html#pc_7750 My dear Chu Teck This is a sign of a politician extraordinaire. He talks ... and we listen. Time is spent ... and we can take the message to be what we want it to be. Seriously, the National Front was founded on the principle of consensus. Consensus implies prior consultation. However, one tired and retired National Front leader tells us that his party's relationship with Umno is like that of a patron and a beggar. Another National Front leader tells us that his party's relationship with Umno is like that of a master and a servant. No one, I repeat, no one has said that his party's relationship with Umno is like that of a master and a slave. Thank God for that. I am confident that had the National Front observed its founding principle of consensus and its attendant practice of prior consultation, it would never have suffered the reverses it sustained in the March 8, 2008, general election. Had that been done, no National Front component party leader in his right mind would have even entertained, let alone talk about, the very idea of leaving the once mighty confederation of 13 parties. Stephen Tan Ban Cheng - Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:14:00 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/barisan_leaders_talk_of_pullout_from_coalition_worries_muhyiddin.html#pc_7746 Hard to guess what is in Muhyiddin's mind. Anyone? Ding Chu Teck - Ding Chu Teck Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:20:11 +0100