Parliament's Party Whip

The recent row in Malaysian Parliament had shown to us some insight into the whip system that had been practised since 1955, so said. Why is a MP had to follow the party's whip when casting their vote in every motion that is being tabled. I suppose when our country gain independance on 1957, the level of understanding of democracy is somewhat pathetic, so the party's whip would ensure the MPs would not do something stupid. But somehow it had evolved by the autocrats as a tool to control the parliament, and over the course of 50 years, the MPs had dwindle to become mere puppets. The pinnacle of Malaysian democracy, "You have to reject any motion from the opposite side of the house, simply because you are on this side." Yes, you see now, in Malaysia democracy is really very simple and straight forward. It would be headache for our beloved MPs to observed when the whip is called and when is not, and when to vote according to their conscience, if they had any! Coward wins in cowardy system.

There are quarters yearning for changes in such a system. Do you think people will care? Will there be any changes? This is a TRANSIENT event indeed, my fellow Malaysian.