Didn’t someone tell Pua that it is wrong to see anyone as the embodiment of evil, that people can change but most importantly, you should not lecture people on ethics when your own party had hooked up with someone your bosses had called a cruel dictator for decades?

I would say that this puts the other DAP political operatives in an uncomfortable position, but seeing how any form of dissent is frowned upon in the DAP, nobody is going to come out and disagree with Lim.

Indeed, by making this statement, the DAP does not get to lecture anyone on their silence or working with Najib.

They can’t say this to Umno, the MCA or anyone really who thinks that maybe Najib has “changed”. Or does someone change only when the DAP says so?

Keep in mind that Najib swore on oath in a mosque that he had nothing to do with the murder of Altantuya, stating “In Allah’s noble house, and on this thankful Friday, I declare and swear... I have never instructed any individual to murder a woman of Mongolian nationality named Altantuya Shaariibuu.”

People wanted change

Is that good enough for Lim? Also, remember that Najib was willing to take an oath saying that he had nothing to do with 1MDB but his lawyers said that he had already taken an oath in court.

"After the case is finished, I would like to invite (Lim) to the mosque where I would swear a sumpah laknat on 1MDB,” Najib had said in his Facebook post.

Four years have passed since Najib made that offer, so maybe he and Lim could get together and forget that Najib was found guilty because, you know, a man can change and he is going to swear that he did nothing wrong in a mosque. Who needs to condemn when you swear on a holy book, right?

Say what you want about PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli but at least he has the cajones to directly attack Bossku and throw rhetorical hand grenades into the well-laid plans of the Malaysian political establishment.

Here we have a young Malay leader taking on corruption and political malfeasances head-on, and an elder Chinese leader aping the sentiments of religionists who claim that a man can change if he condemns an act but does so with no penitence.

Lim is peddling the same manure as religious operatives by downplaying the extent of not only Najib’s corruption but also that when a man supposedly changes, all his sins are washed away.

People who voted for Pakatan Harapan wanted change but all they got was the same old horse manure, while Harapan political operatives and hyper partisans berated anyone who demanded that Harapan live up to its promises and its supposed principles.

I get that hardcore Harapan supporters want someone to tell them how to reform this country instead of knowing what they want and ensuring their political candidates fulfil the mandate they were voted in for, and for years Harapan coasted on this.

All of these upheavals are Harapan's chickens coming home to roost.

Do you know what fence-sitters see when they read something like this? They see a craven political gambit and why bother voting or even voting for Harapan when the Malay uber alles parties do it much better.

The rhetoric of Lim, unfortunately, feeds into the propaganda of Malay uber alles parties, which attempts to depict the DAP as willing to work with anyone in order to gain power.