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NOW THAT THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS AFTER TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES, HE MAY BE MOVING OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT OF THE AIRASIA/BARISAN NASIONAL DEBACLE INTO ANOTHER HORRID, TORRID INTERROGATIVE LIGHT.
BUT BEFORE WE FORGET THE ONGOING LOCAL CONTROVERSY, HERE IS THE LITANY OF MISTAKES AND MISSTEPS.
MISTAKE #1;
TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES SHOULD NOT HAVE OPENLY AND BLATANTLY PRAISED, PROMOTED AND PUBLICISED BARISAN NASIONAL AND DATO SRI NAJIB RAZAK AND LAUNCHED A PRO-BN PROPAGANDA.
ALL HE NEEDED TO DO WAS ASK HIS STAFF WHO THEY WERE VOTING FOR AND HE WOULD DISCOVER DATO SRI NAJIB WAS NOT GOING TO WIN 'MR POPULAR PRIME MINISTER 2018' TITLE.
I ASKED HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF FRIENDS AND NEAR STRANGERS IN THE MONTHS LEADING TO 9 MAY 2018 AND ALL BUT 2 SAID THEY WERE VOTING OPPOSITION.
EITHER THEY WERE LYING TO ME OR PAKATAN HARAPAN WAS GOING TO WIN HANDS DOWN. SO TAN SRI TONY SHOULD HAVE STOOD HIS GROUND AND NOT, AS HE SAID, "BUCKLE UNDER THE PRESSURE".
I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE A BOLLYWOOD TYPE HERO LIKE TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES COULD SO EASILY AND PATHETICALLY "BUCKLE UNDER THE PRESSURE" UNLESS HE WAS A WILLING VICTIM.
HE SHOULD HAVE STOOD HIS GROUND AND INSIST AIRASIA SUPPORT ALL MALAYSIANS. ANYWAY HE DID JUST THAT WHEN HE REFUSED TO REMOVE TAN SRI RAFIDAH AZIZ AS NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN FOR CRITICISING UMNO AND BARISAN.
AND DIDN'T HE GO SEE TUN DR MAHATHIR WHO WAS PRIME MINISTER IN 2001 WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE OVER AN EXISTING BUT DEBT-RIDDEN AIRLINE CALLED AIRASIA INSTEAD OF STARTING FROM SCRATCH?
AIRASIA WAS OWNED BY GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED CONGLOMERATE DRB-HICOM AND DR MAHATHIR OFFERED TONY FERNANDES AIRASIA FOR RM 1 PROVIDED TONY TOOK OVER AIRASIA'S DEBT OF US$11 MILLION? TONY REPAID THE DEBT WITHIN 12 MONTHS AND TODAY, FORBES ESTIMATES HE IS WORTH RM 2.6 BILLION! BY COINCIDENCE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT THE MYSTERIOUS SAUDI ROYAL BANKED INTO NAJIB'S ACCOUNT! WALAO EH
NOW THAT TAN SRI TONY IS VERY DE SUCCESSFUL, SHOULDN'T HE HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY IT WAS DR MAHATHIR MOHAMED WHO GAVE HIM THE CHANCE TO FLY TO THE SKY?
OF COURSE IT IS EASY FOR TAN SRI TONY TO BLAME DATO SRI NAJIB NOW THAT NAJIB IS NO LONGER PRIME MINISTER AND CLAIM NAJIB PRESSURISED HIM AND PRACTICALLY ARM TWISTED HIM TO SING BARISAN NASIONAL'S SONG. MANY SAY IT IS LIKE KICKING A MAN IN HIS GROIN WHEN HE IS DOWN ON THE GROUND.
TO RELEASE THAT FATAL VIDEO SHOWING HIM PRAISING BARISAN AND NAJIB TO HIGH HEAVEN ONLY IRRITATED ALL HIS POTENTIAL PASSENGERS AND TO PAINT ONE OF HIS PLANES WITH BARISAN'S #HebatkanNegaraKu THEME WAS ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE.
MISTAKE #2
TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES SHOULD NOT HAVE APOLOGISED SO PROFUSELY AFTER BARISAN NASIONAL LOST!
THE VAST MAJORITY OF MALAYSIANS VOTED PAKATAN HARAPAN BECAUSE OF TUN MAHATHIR, DATO SRI ANWAR IBRAHIM, RISING COSTS OF LIVING, 1MDB AND GST AS OVERNIGHT WE HAD TO PAY 6% EXTRA FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF GOODS!
AFTER THE ELECTION TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES SHOULD HAVE JUST CONGRATULATED TUN MAHATHIR AND PAKATAN HARAPAN OR EVEN BETTER, KEEP QUIET!
INSTEAD HE THOUGHT BY TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORN, HE WOULD EMERGE BRUISED BUT A HERO. INSTEAD HE EMERGED BRUISED, BATTERED AND BROKEN.
WHEN TAN SRI TONY WAS FAWNING AND LICKING NAJIB'S FEET, TONY HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO! IT WAS TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES'S LEGAL RIGHT TO SUPPORT ANY NON-CRIMINAL MALAYSIAN TO BE PRIME MINISTER!
UNTIL THIS VERY SECOND, DATO SRI NAJIB TUN RAZAK IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY---THIS IS THE UNIVERSAL LAW.
SO TAN SRI TONY SHOULD NOT HAVE GROVELLED AT OUR FEET AND SAID IT WAS A MISTAKE AND HOW HE REGRETTED SUPPORTING BARISAN. THIS MAY BE TRUE IN HINDSIGHT BUT HEY, WHEN TONY WAS SALUTING NAJIB, THE SON OF TUN ABDUL RAZAK WAS LEGALLY MALAYSIA'S PRIME MINISTER AND ANYONE AND EVERYONE HAD THE RIGHT TO SUPPORT HIM. OR NOT TO SUPPORT HIM.
DATO SRI NAJIB WAS LEGALLY ELECTED AND VOTED AS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND HE WAS PRESIDENT OF BARISAN NASIONAL AND AS PRESIDENT OF UMNO, HE HAD THE RIGHT TO BE THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA. SO TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES DID NOTHING WRONG BY EULOGIZING OR GOING INTO RAPTURES OVER HIM.
WHEN SYED SADDIQ ASKED MALAYSIANS NOT TO LABEL TAN SRI TONY AS 'TRAITOR' , SO MANY WERE OUTRAGED THEY EVEN CALLED SYED SADDIQ A 'TRAITOR FOR SUPPORTING A TRAITOR'! MAY BUDDHA BLESS ME!
WE ARE NOW RHAPSODIZING OVER OUR CURRENT PRIME MINISTER TUN MAHATHIR AND BEFORE 9 MAY 2018 WE COULD HAVE BEEN WAXING LYRICAL OVER OUR THEN PRIME MINISTER DATO SRI NAJIB RAZAK!
SO WHY APOLOGISE, TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES?
YOU SHOULD HAVE STOOD YOUR GROUND AND SAY YOU WERE SIMPLY EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN OF MALAYSIA BY SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY WHICH WAS LEGALLY ELECTED BY MALAYSIAN VOTERS. AND IT WAS NOT YOUR FAULT THE SAME VOTERS HAD NOW CHANGED THEIR MIND AND DECIDED TO VOTE FOR THE OPPOSITION!
BY DOING THIS AT LEAST PEOPLE WILL GRUDGINGLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR GUTS AND SAY "WELL, MALAYSIA IS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY AND WE CAN VOTE FOR ANY PARTY"
YOU DID NOTHING WRONG NOR GO AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION BY OPENLY SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY JUST AS YOU ARE NOW (PROBABLY!) SUPPORTING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY!
ALL THIS BRINGS ONE QUESTION---WHAT IF BARISAN HAD WON?
WOULD TAN SRI TONY FERNANDES BE APOLOGISING OR CELEBRATING WITH THE TRIUMPHANT INCUMBENT PRIME MINISTER DATO SRI NAJIB RAZAK? WOULD HE REPAINT ALL AIRASIA PLANES THE BARISAN NASIONAL COLOUR AND LOGO?
THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE A STAND OR ELSE YOU TURN LEFT, KENA SLAPPED, TURN RIGHT KENA SLAPPED AND WORSE, STANDING STILL ALSO KENA SLAPPED. THIS IS LIFE.
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