when leaders choose to abdicate

The recent UMNO General Assembly was a demonstration of leaders abdicating their responsibility to provide good governance. This we see in

1. The Prime Minister's speech that forced on racial/religious divide in a multi-racial and multi-religious society. He also displayed a crude disregard for the highest law of the country, namely, the Federal Constitution.

2. The ministers of the UMNO party employing seditious words that aroused racial disharmony.

3. The Education Minister wielding 'keris' (a malay dagger) in a civil meeting held within a civil society met by taunting words from the other ministers,'when is he going to use it?' Can or should we expect our school children to accept a minister of Education's uncivil behaviour?

4. The MCA and MIC MPs failed to be the conscience within our government in the particular incident when they chose to keep silent about their collegues' inappropriate not to mention uncivil behaviour.

This is an abdication of positions of power and responsibility. Such leaders only invite vote of no confidence by the people who had voted them to their positions unless the leaders do something drastic to assume responsibility and give respect which is long overdue, to their voters. Voters, what kind of persons are you going give your vote to? Who,would you like to see governing our country? Decide wisely not only wi$ely!