Yoursay: How can Umno condone Jamal’s actions?

Jamal smashes Zaid’s image with sledgehammer

RR: The burning of ex-minister Zaid Ibrahim’s cutouts and the hitting of his image with a sledgehammer depicts a serious violence and gives the wrong signals to young members present at the Umno general assembly.

The police officers present should have stopped Umno Sungai Besar chief Jamal Md Yunos and associates from carrying out this melodrama.

Surely there are many senior citizens, including ministers, in the assembly who should have cautioned him in the interest of the youth present there, rather than enjoying the drama.

Vijay47: No doubt Jamal’s display of valiance and loyalty would draw much adulation from similar-minded people, with countless requests for autographs and selfies.

This uneducated street thug is viewed by certain sectors as a hero, the kind many Umno members would want their children to emulate.

But behind this uncouth dangerous conduct, there is indeed a reminder to all of us.

That beneath the facade of politeness, magnanimity of visiting victims in hospital, resorting to constant quotations from the holy books, and adopting an Arab front, lies a savage desperate to retain power by any means and lay its fingers on the nation’s depleting wealth.

Ferdtan: Is Umno being led by clowns? The more Jamal ups the tempo of this conflict for political reasons, the more the Selangor royalty will be dragged in unnecessarily, much to the detriment of their constitutional impartiality.

This is an uncharted event which may have future consequences. Zaid, like many lesser Malaysians, is “dispensable” in this dispute, but don’t forget that former premier and current Pakatan Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad was the reason this conflict arose, due to a rebuke from a sultan.

Like it or not, Mahathir is no ordinary Malaysian. Will the sanctity of the royalty be jeopardised with this continued ugly public display of politics by politicians, even if they are from the ruling government?

Mosquito Brain: This an uncivilised act of hooliganism. A disgrace to the Malay community. Just because he is an Umno member, Jamal thinks that he can do what he likes?

SusahKes: Jamal, we need you. Seriously. For every time Harapan appears to be shaky, or when the people become enticed by the scent of 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M), or just when they actually start to get mesmerised by some of the goodies dished out by Malaysian Official 1 (MO1) and company, lo and behold, you step in!

You remind all and sundry just why we need to change office-bearers in Putrajaya. Don’t worry, Jamal. We know what you’re actually made of; for all your huffing, puffing and chest-thumping, underneath is a chap who would probably do a disappearing act ala Nothing to Hide.

And I say that with a measure of past evidence, given your non-appearance when the Chinese ambassador took a walk down Petaling Street after similar rhetoric from your end.

Lb: Wow! A hammer to someone’s head. This is an image of an Umno leader that many children will not forget.

Do you think they will grow up coveting Umno membership? Is this what they mean by defending the race? God help this country.

Ozzie Jo: A menteri besar (MB) wannabe? Seriously, is this MB material? Does anyone in Selangor want an MB like this?

Just picture this – if Jamal is already behaving like a thug without an iota of power, what else would he be capable of if he was ever the MB?

As the Chinese would say, he is only holding a feather but already behaving like he has an arrow.

Zaid says he has no friends, wants to meet Zahid

Bo Kia: Zaid, don’t despair. You have many friends, supporters and admirers who stand by you in support.

I know you are very hurt by being abandoned when you need support most, and disappointed by a political party that did not live up to its principles.

Vgeorgemy: It is excruciating to see voices being silenced with the threat of violence and intimidation.

The rakyat never expected DAP to surrender its principle of standing up for the disadvantaged section of the population in pursuit of the power to govern. Do we need to take such a stand?

The most important mission as a political party in a democratic system is that of standing with the disadvantaged, instead of standing in the corridors of the power. That is nobility.

No one can deny the people’s right to govern in a democratic country. All the democratic institutions are dependent on the people’s right to rule.

As Malay elders said in the 1940s, if there is no rakyat, there is no raja. So let’s stand on the right side of the history and with the voice of the rakyat.

Rick Teo: It is really sad that the opposition has not supported Zaid in the face of Jamal’s threats.

What he said reflected the feelings of the rakyat, and the opposition should at least voice their anger over Jamal’s threats to Zaid.

Who is Jamal to issue such a threat to anybody?

All For It: DAP should not forget that Zaid stood by Seputeh MP Teresa Kok when she was arrested under the Internal Security Act.

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