Sunday, September 27, 2009

Views on morality in politics














Dr Daphne Loke
Saturday, 26 September 2009 14:37

OPINION I have been suppressing the burning urge to write on the Dr Chua Soi Lek issue when his DVD scandal surfaced when the then MCA president was not the current incumbent. When he was recently expelled from the party, the urge almost disappeared.

Until today, one the vernacular newspaper reported that Chua with his wife and his son, now a Member of Parliament, were actively patronizing “buka puasa” parties. This straight away brought to my mind all kinds of questions of morality in politics. The infidelity of Chua who was then a MCA veep was exposed through nationwide circulation of DVDs of him in action.

The purpose of this article is to share my personal evaluation of this incident, based on some world views of morality in politics which crafted my expectations of the politician who would be my representative in government.

Question 1:

For the plot to go into such complexity, I derived the following conclusions:-

1. The infidel act had been going on for a long time. At least, it could not be explained as succumbing to momentary temptation.
2. That the plotters could easily set up the equipment to record the tryst showed that Chua was insensitive to what others think of his extra-marital activities. It was a small town setting and rumours could, or had, spread very quickly to everyone’s knowledge like wild fire.
3. That the same venue and the same room was used for the tryst all the time showed Chua trusted the caretaker of the Rest House. Alternatively, since what he did in the Rest House was already common knowledge, he just wanted the small town to accept his behavior.
4. For the caretaker to turn against Chua could mean that he/she did not share Chua’s ideals and beliefs in extra-marital sex. It was even possible that the caretaker revolted against Chua’s behavior to the extent he volunteered his assistance in the recording.
5. The circulation of the DVDs had gone nationwide and global via the internet. This demonstrated that the mastermind behind the plot wanted the results to be far-reaching, hence to ensure that Chua will not be able to rebound in his political career .

Question 2:

What adjectives should I use to describe this man?

1. Arrogant : He does not care about what others think of his actions – he is indifferent to others’ opinions.
2. Autocratic: He decrees or dictates like a king would and did not expect anyone oppose him.
3. Ambitious: Since the incident happened during the tenure of the previous MCA president, the scheme to bring down Chua must have been the result of long-term observations of his ambition in the party, including serious evaluation of the damage it would bring to the party and the Chinese community.
4. Assertive: He intends to reframe public opinion.
5. Bullying : He would stoop to duress to compel obedience.

Question 3:

Is a wife’s forgiveness of her husband’s infidelity enough to repair his misdeed?

A wife’s duties are many – to her husband, her children, the husband’s ambition and profession, the ambitions and professions of her children, the interests of the members of her husband’s family. Then only comes her own interests – her career, her professions, her ambitions.





Hazel Hawke put up with her husband’s infidelity throughout his tenure as Prime Minister of Australia – “for the sake of the Labour (Party) cause”. She only instituted divorce proceedings after Hawke had stepped down.

On a personal note, I waited for my children to be independent before I commenced divorce proceedings against my husband. And that was after 25 years of marriage.

All this tells on the selfishness of man. If a wife can abide by the social norms befallen upon her why can’t the husband discharge his duties as well. I cannot speak for Chua’s wife, but I can be certain that a feminine human being who does not feel jealous over her man’s infidelity, is not a woman, what more when that man is already her husband.

Question 4:

Does public opinion matter ?

Babara Berlusconi, daughter of the Prime Minister of Italy, commented on her father’s womanizing by saying,

“… public officials cannot afford to differentiate between their public and private spheres”.

She went further to state that,

“Politicians who are called upon to govern well, to make a community prosper, are also required to safeguard the values that it (the community) expresses, possibly elevate them”.

Berlusconi, too, apologized to his wife, and had publicly asked for his wife’s forgiveness as his behavior had “wounded her dignity”. Yet, two years later in 2009, the wife announced intention to divorce the Prime Minister and her reason was , “he would tell me another lie” and “I cannot stop him from making himself ridiculous before the world”. She, too, “had for many years endured his behavior ”.

In the light of such a similar current event where the public figure responsible for breaking public morals is being censured by his wife and his daughter, I seriously wonder how Chua’s wife and his son feel deep inside when they accompanied him at the “buka puasa” parties.

Rest of article can be read here

10 comments:

  1. The very fact that he is tainted and a wife cheater but still cling to the hope of becoming the President og MCA tells you that this man is arrogant, ambitious, egositic, thick skin, shameless and a chameleon (sorry I have run out of adjectives to describe this pornstar. If you have any please add to the list).

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  2. I really sympathize with the Mrs, accompanying louse who cheated on you is bad but to give false smile and pretending to be happy with the louse is even worse. That shows how selfish and arrogant this person is. If I, I will spare my wife this anguish cause she had been hurt enough. But then a louse is always a louse because a leopard can never change its spots.

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  3. The same hotel and same room is always used does not show he is trusting. It only show that he is a bloody fool nothing but a bloody fool. So if he becomes the President of MCA it will show to the world that we the chinese community are bloody fools if we allow him to lead MCA. So here I am appealing to the delegates to kick this louse out because I and my children will not want to be classified as bloody fools. What say you justice4otk?

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  4. Go and do a blow job justice4otk. We know you and Omar Goh Wei Liang are the same person.

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  5. Anonymous 01:33:00 PM

    I too do not want to be a bloody fool , let's kick the pornstar and all his bloody clowns out . No way will I allow him to become my president .

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  6. Yep, that bloody fool is fooling around with his long dick, now want to play the fool with OTK by trying to fool the central delegates by fooling himself in thinking that they are all bloody fool like him. Ironically this damn bloody fool never learn and the central delegates who surely can't be fooled will make sure that this bloody fool fit this proverb.........THERE'S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL, meaning the foolish behavior of an older person seems especially foolish as they are expected to think and act more sensibly than a younger one.

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  7. anon 02:09 PM,

    Hell with you, that bastard Tan Teik Lye need your blow job more than anyone else, don't come and pollute your corrupted mind here.

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  8. anon 02:09 PM

    I won't do a blow job on him , I'll bite his dick off !

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  9. Wonder whether I should write an article on this or just post it as a comment , but anyway I'll just post a short comment on this .

    If CSL has it his way , Malaysia would become the next stop for those seeking the SUN and SEX . Our current Tourism Minister works very well with him and both would be promoting SEX Tourism to increase the arrival of visitors to Malaysia . On the other hand , Malaysians need not travel to Hatyai or spelled Haadyai to seek their usual pleasures . Yeah , both of them seems to be complementing each other .They would both get along very well one being a pornstar and the other promoting Malaysia as a SEX destination .

    What a woman , who had to come out to deny that she ever possess an Australian PR and her loyalty to the country .

    I now question her loyalty to the President and to MCA .

    see their pic here in this article :

    http://justice4otk.blogspot.com/2009/09/sex-bombed-or-rise-of-mca_18.html

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  10. CSL intention is not to serve but to gain - personal gain.

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