"By doing so (confessing), I thought people would think that I am a political leader with high moral grounds ... after 61 years, I have learnt a lesson that honesty doesn't always pay".
So perhaps that is why he had been secretly having an affair with another woman. So that is why he has not kept to his solemn marriage vows. So that is why he has not been faithful to his wife and children - who ironically are standing by him now.
In any event, i ask where is the honesty??? He was caught wif his pants down, literally!!!! It is not that he chose on his own accord to come clean and be honest. If those illegal DVDs did not surface, would he still choose to be honest? Can he truly be said to be a leader with "high moral grounds"????
A colleague pointed out to me this following statement made by Soi Lek -
“I saw the DVD on Sunday when a friend gave a copy to me,” he said. He said he was unsure whether the clips were recent or old.
(Taken from the Star newspaper - see here)
So there had been so many occasions of illicit sex (and unfaithfulness to his wife) that he cannot remember whether clips on the DVD were recent or old!!!!!!
Selective (i believe) reporting by certain newspapers show that many are sympathetic to him, saying that he is only human, that we are all sinners too etc. Unfortunately, he chose to be in a position of leadership - and with power comes great responsibility. He did not commit any crime - but he was dishonest and untrustworthy to his family. How then can we trust him to be honest and trustworthy in the execution of his duties?
Even now, although he has alleged that he had apologised to all, it appears that he is sorry not so much for his indiscretion and lack of self-control (and his inability to keep his d*ck in his pants) but sorry that he was exposed.
When i saw the latest headlines in The Sun, i thought that finally he has shown some remorse. The headline read "My Biggest Mistake". But his mistake was not to be honest and faithful and maintain a high moral ground. He said his mistake was to fulfill his duties as the Health Minister and as MCA vice-president.
So there you have it - an unfaithful husband (on many occasions, recent and in the past), a dishonest person, unremorseful and unrepentant, arrogantly declaring himself to be of high moral ground, blames his problems on the fact that he was allegedly honest and diligent in his duties.
I'm glad he resigned. We do not need these kind of leaders.
For a good write-up on how leaders should behave, check out this article here.
*Taken from the soundtrack of my all time fav TV series, Buffy, it however never appeared on any episodes!!!
5 comments:
Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.
- John 8:7
so what's your point???
anyways, have you read kennysia.com? He wrote about this issue too. it was damn funnyy.
I heard a lot of ppl saying even though he is an unfaithful husband, he was actually one of the few good politcians we have around here. I don't know how true it is or what he actually did for our country
yeah, i read kennysia regularly! :-)
anyways, for the record, the post was in no way trying to belittle watever good he had done. it was in response to the manner he responded when he was finally caught in a corner.
i also had the same reaction when i read in the papers his comment about not being sure if the recording was recent or old. when i read that, i was like ... "What? You mean he had been doing it for like forever?"
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