TELL ANWAR TO STOP LURING ‘FROGS’

SANDAKAN: DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng should tell Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to stop luring ‘frogs’ into the opposition coalition before implementing an anti-hopping law in Penang.

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Datuk VK Liew said this is because Anwar has been busy going around looking for ‘tadpoles and frogs’ to hop into PR.

The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department made the remarks when asked to comment on the Penang Chief Minister’s proposal to enact the state’s anti-hopping law.

Liew, who was met after attending a Hari Raya celebration at Kg Sim Sim, said: “Guan Eng said the purpose of the anti-hopping law is to prevent ‘tadpoles and frogs’ from being bred in the country.

“He spoke about such proposal fully aware that his big partner in the PR coalition, namely Anwar, has been busy going round to look for ‘tadpoles and frogs’ to hop into his camp with a view of forming government.

“Even as late as now, Anwar has unashamedly claimed that more ‘frogs’ are expected to join him soon.

“So, isn’t that a slap on Anwar’s face? It is obvious that Guan Eng and the DAP leadership do not agree with Anwar’s unprofessional ethic of pinching elected representatives, as the chairman Karpal Singh has gone on to say that the party would not tolerate party-hopping.

“That be the case, how could DAP tolerate people like Lajim and Bumburing who had recently hopped into their coalition?

“Indeed, anyone in Sabah can easily name more than 10 politicians who had hopped to PR. So what is DAP’s stand on this?

“We all remember well Anwar’s infamous 916 attempt in 2008 to wrest power from BN claiming then he had enough BN YBs who had hopped to his camp.

“Why didn’t DAP tell Anwar then that he was breeding ‘tadpoles and frogs?”

Liew said that only now DAP has spoken out against elected representatives crossing over to another party.

“Where would that put elected Members of Parliament like Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin and Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred M Bumburing who had recently hopped into PR?” he asked.

“The arrogant Guan Eng has now publicly crowned them ‘tadpoles and frogs’. He obviously has no respect nor any regards for them,” Liew said.

“In fact by his and Karpal’s statements, DAP doesn’t welcome them and any party-hoppers into the PR coalition. They even said that they will revisit the law on anti-hopping and went on to assert that they will change the Federal Constitution to stop ‘tadpoles and frogs’ from breeding.

“Why don’t they revisit Anwar first and tell him on his face to stop luring the BN elected representatives from jumping like ‘tadpoles and frogs’. After all, everyone knows Anwar is the mastermind in this matter.

“If Guan Eng and Karpal can’t tell that to Anwar, then they and DAP should quit the PR coalition,” Liew said.

According to him, it is public knowledge that they also have irreconcilable differences on Hudud law with PAS.

Karpal has even gone on to say “over his dead body” for such law to be introduced while PAS insists that it is the way, he claimed.

“What do we have here? In fact what we have is an explosive relationship within the PR awaiting to explode.” (theborneopost)