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IF you could “vote out” a politician and stop him or her from participating in politics for a decade, who would you choose?
On Wednesday, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia leader Datuk Wan Mohd Shahrir Wan Abd Jalil shared a Weird Facts post on his Facebook: “In ancient Athens, the world’s first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The ‘winner’ was banished from Athens for 10 years.”
I contacted Wan Mohd Shahrir to ask why he posted this rather pointed information.
Muhyiddin gesturing to reporters as he arrives to chair the Bersatu supreme council meeting. Bernama
IT was not a tit for tat move when Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s supreme council responded to Umno’s decision to cut ties with the party in GE15.
Bersatu’s statement on Thursday was “tidak keras” (not hard-hitting), said Universiti Teknologi Malaysia political analyst Dr Mazlan Ali.
Bersatu, which Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin leads, met earlier in the week to discuss a letter signed by Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi stating that the party’s supreme council had decided on Feb 19 not to cooperate with Bersatu in the next general election.