Kit Siang Out Danced Media Just No Class

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Dato Najib challenged Lim Kit Siang for a free style debate.

Without the usual play hard to get by one side in any typical political debate challenge in Malaysia, Najib went along to agree on all conditions set by Kit Siang but insist on the free style characteristic and in jest, as long as RSN Rayer is not moderator..

It was most welcoming to see that it could come to an agreement in two days. But Kit Siang choked and withdrew.

Chance for democrasy? 

Here is Kit Siang, a man who had been on rabid daily attack of BN government for the last few decades, will finally get into debate with a BN leader and PM, now former on both front.

There was already an offer to provide the platform for the debate.

It is a chance to see how Kit Siang will fare in a debate without a set topic, in which he can attack Najib but he will have to defend himself too. Both Kit Siang and Najib cannot come prepared enough and have his aides do it for him as his blog postings. Both must be able to know the issues to answer for and have the facts up his sleeve. 

It will not be about oratory skill alone, but the a test of each other's knowledge and ability to articulate with facts and figures at their finger tip. And, Najib as a hand-on former PM has the upperhand over the rhetorical Kit Siang.

But disappointingly the mainstream media assisted to provide an exit passage for Kit Siang chicken out.

Media no class


And, all along one would have thought that the so-called "liberated media from the clutches of BN control" would celebrate this new aura of freedom to speak, expression and media for a healthy debate.

It did not happen as soon as Najib agreed to all the terms set by Kit Siang with the minimal of request, mainstream media became typical mainstream media of BN era but this time they were doing it for PH to discourage and justify against the debate.

NST claimed Najib stand to benefit the most which was echoed by FMT as serve Najib's agenda. Malaysiakini highlighted the views against the debate and dubbed it as time wasting.

The same day Kit Siang chicken out, Vincent Tan's paper wrote the debate will be used to criticise government in which is too obvious. Both Malaysia Today and Third Force explained the real intention of Sundaily to protect against current and former PM.

MMO quoted their ex-reporter claim it will backfire on government.

It is so unjournalistic. While Kit Siang had chicken out, it is the media that cop out to talk him out of it and provide a faace saving passage out for him. Instead of cherishing a healthy political debate, they chose to avoid.

There maybe some ungentlemanly incidents from the debators or the crowd, but this was necessary tolerance for the opportunity towards the path for a more mature democrasy. 

The next time any reporter complain of their media freedom curbed by any party, go remind them of this and tell these third world mentality pretending to be first world journalist to stop being a hypocrit and F^<& Off. 

Kit Siang out danced and clown




Contrary to the claim by Malaysia Chronicle that Najib had no guts and showed signs of fear, it was Kit Siang who was seeking a way out by getting P Ramasamy to start the ball rolling and get media to create the sentiment against the debate for him to run in fear.

This would have been the way and a predictable one for BN to wiggle their way out of a public political debate.

It was so predictable that BN fear a debate that the academically challenged Dato Mahfuz Omar often took opportunity to challenge BN to a debate everytime there is an issue raised against then opposition. He knows it will not happen and the issue could die off.

But this time it is PH that is behaving like the former BN government. Maybe that comes with being a government in a third world mentality political system with a predictable and cliche thinking media.

For it to come from Kit Siang who have been the firebrand that relentlessly been barking at the BN government for at least the past 50 years, it is most disappointing and should be a lifetime embarassment for him.

Mind you, it was Kit Siang who provoked Najib by claiming Malu Apa BossKu as against the spirit of Rukunegara in which it is doubtful that the DAP of Kit Siang flavour ever embarassed Rukunegara.

He then did a political pre-emptive move to claim Najib had directed BN propaganda machinery to target DAP in which the DAP and PH counter strategy is to brand UMNO and PAS as racist. Whose the provocative one? And whose calling who racist?

Tun Daim advised Kit Siang to lay off to not dance to Najib's tune. and focus on own narrative. Focus should be on deliverables and performances.

But, it was Kit Siang who was stubborn and disagreed with Daim to say he is half right. He unsuccessfully got Malaysiakini to start a debate to back him. Kit Siang insisted that PH should recognise Najib's influence as opposition. and fallacy to ignore him.

As soon as he suggested a topic to a free style debate, it was a giveaway that his macho bluff was called. The moment Najib agreed to his topic, he showed he was chickening out. Calling Najib malignant does not change the fact that he withdrew and revealed himself as not as brave as he exhibit himself to be.

Kit Siang is coward and a Charlie "Chicken" Chickadee. He may realised his son will be made a fool by Najib.

Kit Siang acknowledge Najib as ‘most potent political force’ plotting Pakatan’s downfall. He may know that the 1MDB issue he was part of to maligned Najib may fall to pieces.

Latest being London court gave an embarassment to Tommy Thomas by directed 1MDB to seek arbitration with IPIC. It was something Najib had already done and it is supposed to be more beneficial financially to 1MDB than the path taken to sue by Tommy.

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