Today at 5:00 pm, many Malaysians, especially Chinese, were glued to TV for a first ever televised debate between the heads of two major political parties.
Chua Soi Lek(right), President of ruling coalition partner Malaysia Chinese Party (MCA) and Lim Guan Eng, Secretary General of opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) debated on the theme " Chinese at a Crossroads. Is a two-party system becoming a two-race system".
Lim Guan Ying representing opponent and Chua Soi Lek is the proponent. The debate is in Mandarin.
It was an event simply can't afford to be missed.
The topic has been brought up regularly in the media. What was said during the debate had already been said many times over by the two debaters, so no surprise, no new revelation.
No winner or looser, both are skillful debaters and scored evenly on technicality.
However, they seemed to have distracted and strayed from the topic instead. They hit at each other, and spent more time on highlighting opponent's shortcomings and boasting of own successes. It was more like MCA vs DAP, not being focused on the debate subject.
A segment opened to the floor was really an disappointment and unnecessary. Audience' questions were simply out of focus and unrelated. They are partisan (mostly MCA supporters), asking why and what things not being done, ..... nothing concerning 2 party system.
Putting these aside, the debate is a historical event in Malaysia, and I personally think that it should be encouraged and would like to see more such debate on other subjects, and between other political parties. It is a good start, well done!
However, at the end of the debate, the question in people's mind is not about the pro and con of two party system, but " When is Najib Vs Anwar debate ?" (Prime minister Vs Opposition leader)
Malaysian politic is getting hotter !!
From right: Chua Soi Lek with moderator Tan and Lim Guan ying。左起：蔡细历，辩论主持陈亚才，林冠英
今天傍晚五点正，许多马来西亚人，特别是华人，都在电视机旁观看史无前例的一项被标榜为『王对王』的辩论会。
执政的国阵成员党，马来西亚华人公会（马华）总会长蔡细历将与反对党民主行动党的总秘书林冠英展开辩论，题目是：华人政治分水岭：两线制将会变成两种族制。
林冠英是反对，蔡细历则是赞成。辩论以华语进行。
这当然是一项不容错过的节目。
这早已经在新闻媒体上讨论，争论的一个课题。双方在辩论时所说的，都是老调重弹，没有新料，没有爆料，没有惊喜。
双方都是熟练的辩手。林冠英是初生之犊不怕虎，蔡细历则是身经百战的老将，各有所长，不分胜负，在技巧上，非常高水准。
但是他们都没有完全集中在辩论的题目上，时而离题，反而花了好多时间互相攻守，贬对方的缺失，吹簧自己的成就，简直就是马华对擂民主行动党，没有针对题目发挥。
一个开放给观众的时段是不恰当，也无需要。观众的题目更是离题，还偏向各自的政党（大部分为马华支持者）。他们问的都是民粹课题，无关辩论题目，都是为什么没有做，为什么不做。。。没有提到两线制。
看来马华的组织能力比较强。从电视上听到的都是马华支持者的喧闹声及见到MCA牌子。
无论如何，把这些放在一边，这是马来西亚一项历史性的盛会，我个人非常支持，也希望以后有更多的此类型的辩论，不同课题，不同政党。这是一个好的开始。赞！
不过，我想在辩论结束之后，在每个人都脑子里，他们想到不是双线制，而是：“什么时候纳吉与安华的辩论？”
马来西亚的政治会越来越热了！
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