MP SPEAKS | Emulate Perak MB, give equitable CDF to all reps

MP SPEAKS | A blessed Christmas to all Christians and other friends who share our joys in the cultural way.

Jesus Christ taught us to love our neighbours as we love ourselves. These are simply the universal values of empathy and compassion.

As I begin to celebrate Christmas, I reflect on the practice of empathy and compassion in politics.

I have to admit that Pakatan Harapan Plus - myself included - had not been empathic enough of the opposition when we were in federal and state governments.

We started to offer the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to opposition MPs and state assemblypersons, which was not done under BN.

However, we refused to treat our opposition colleagues as equals and give them...