Should Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek resign over the sex scandal?
January 1st, 2008Update 2nd January 2007
A day after saying he would not resign, he finally did, relinquishing 5 posts: Health Minister, MCA vice-president, Labis MP, Johor MCA liaison chief and Batu Pahat MCA division chief.
He announced this at a press conference at his Putrajaya office today at 3pm, lasting about 45 minutes:
His reason: “because the rakyat wants me to resign. I thought that by my admission, the people would forgive my weaknesses, but I thought wrong. This shows that honesty does not always pay, (but) it is up to the public to judge me.”
He said he will be a burden to the party and government if he continued holding the posts.
He said he’s also disappointed by the the public’s holier-than-thou attitude on the issue.
More irony: on 2nd December 2007, he was reported to have said the following, after opening the First National AIDS Conference and launching the national-level World AIDS Day in Kuala Lumpur:
“…and be faithful to your partner.”
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Happy New Year everybody. The long holidays has ended, now it’s time to shift into work mode again. We’ve done it so many times before - I am sure things will soon go back to normal.
Now the first headline of the year.
By now this is all over the news already.
Some timeline:
30th March 2004: Dr Chua became Health Minister
Sometime 2005: the recording was purportedly done
29th December 2007: first distributed by unknown persons
30th December 2007: morning: Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek’s found out about it.
31st December 2007: At a press conference in Labis, Johor, he said he had met the Prime Minister and will not resign.
What he did in his private life is his own business, but he is a person holding high public office - therefore he has to be very careful of his private life too. He might not have broken any worldly laws, but he has broken other “laws” - marriage vows, natural laws, religious laws. Based on his argument, he might not need to resign on his own, but in all likelihood, he’ll be forced to do so soon.
The government should give more attention to those involved in arguably more serious issues like corruption, but sex scandals are always big newsmakers. Chua was obviously set up. There might be other people at high places having affairs - it’s just that they’re not exposed in this manner yet.
What do you think, should he resign on his own or wait for the guillotine blade to fall?
The following poster from the Health Ministry seems rather ironic now:
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Speechless..
his sex performance has no link 2 his job performance. why resign 2 make the person who set him up happy? as u say, it’s his personal business.
A little bird told me he’s going to give another press conference from his office in Putrajaya 2pm (that’s 10 minutes from now). Let’s wait and see what he has to say.
HE ACTUALLY DONE A LOT TO MAKE THE HEALTH MINISTRY BETTER…. EVEN BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS MINISTER DATO DR CHUA JUI MENG… AND REMEMBER MANY MANY HIGH PROFILE VIPS ALSO DID THE SAME MISTAKES….. INVOLVED IN “INAPPROPRIATE” RELATIONSHIP…
EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DID IT… REMEMBER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WITH MONICA LEWINSKY…???? AND CLINTON DIDN’T RESIGN… INSTEAD HE RESPONDED BY SENDING HUNDREDS OF WAR JETS TO BOMB SERBIAN FORCES IN KOSOVO UNDER NATO’S ORDER!!!!!!!
SO WHY SACRIFICE HIS US PRESIDENCY BECAUSE OF ONE ORDINARY AND NOT SO PRETTY LADY LIKE MISS LEWINSKY…. WHO IS LEWINSKY TO COMMAND OR TO FORCE THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD TO RESIGN….
EVEN PRESIDENTS, MINISTERS, VIPS ETC ETC ECT ARE MEN TOO!!!!!!!
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MEMANGLAH MANUSIA ITU BERNAFSU… KALAU TIDAK ADA NAFSU LANGSUNG MAKA PENDUDUK DUNIA PADA MASA INI ADALAH SIFAR=KOSONG=ZERO….
SEBAB MENURUT KITAB - MANUSIA PERTAMA HANYALAH 2 ORANG IAITU ADAM DAN HAWA ATAU ADAM AND EVE… DAN KINI JUMLAH POPULASI MANUSIA LEBIH KURANG 6.6 BILLION ORANG…. BAGAIMANAKAH JUMLAH PENDUDUK ITU BOLEH MENCAPAI 6.6 BILLION ORANG DARIPADA 2 ORANG SAHAJA???
BERSAMAAN 2 X A = 6.6 BILLION MAKNANYA A = 3.3 BILLION…
ITU ADALAH NAFSU YANG NORMAL…
TETAPI ADA JUGA NAFSU YANG TIDAK NORMAL SEPERTI LELAKI SUKA LELAKI, PEREMPUAN SUKA PEREMPUAN, LELAKI KAHWIN LELAKI DAN WANITA KAHWIN WANITA….
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