Porn Star Prime Minister

Vern Lee has no problem if his Prime Minister was gay, bi, transgender or whatever.

In the past, we’ve had lawmakers accused of being murderers, rapists, spies, homosexuals, bomb experts, mob boss, cheats and god knows what else. And now, we can add porn star to the ever growing list.

The golden boy in question is of course, none other than our charismatic opposition leader — Anwar Ibrahim.

I’m quite confused by it all to be honest.

I have long made my peace and accepted that he’s gay but now I may have to rethink the whole thought process.

So, he was caught on camera with a sex worker — a female one at that.

What does this mean?

That he’s actually NOT gay?

That he’s bi?

If that’s true then it’s wonderful news for Malaysia!

I mean, if he was JUST gay, then should he one day become Prime Minister, he will not go down in history as the first gay head of state. Iceland’s Johanna Siguroardottir has already beaten him to that.

But now that we know he’s bi — well, that changes everything!

Imagine googling ‘first bisexual head of state’ 100 years from now. Every hit would point to Anwar Ibrahim — giving instant recognition to Malaysia.

Can you imagine Wikipedia’s entry on Malaysia? It may go something like this.

“Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of 329,847 square kilometres (127,350 sq mi). It is separated by the South China Sea into two regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (also known as West and East Malaysia respectively). Malaysia is also one of the leading pro-human rights countries in the world — accepting and recognizing all forms of sexual orientation and gender identities from homosexuality to transgenderism. Malaysia is also the first country in the world to recognise a bisexual person as a head of state when Anwar Ibrahim was elected as the 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia.”

Jokes aside, I personally have no problem with my Prime Minister being gay, bi, transgender or whatever.

Hey, whatever blows your hair back.

I don’t see how your sexual orientation can in any way hinder your performance in office. As usual, everyone is quick to judge. A cabinet minister is caught on tape getting it on with a sex worker and suddenly everyone demands his resignation as if they are all saints.

Oh, come on!

Since when are we so conservative? If it is indeed true that the quality of our work is judged based on our morality, then no offices in this world would be manned.

I’ve worked in 2 or 3 private companies before and have witnessed enough office scandals to know that no one is a freaking saint.

So why don’t we all bite our tongue and judge someone’s work based on what they do in office and not on what happens off duty? In the most recent case, I am appalled not by the revelation that our opposition leader uses the service of a sex worker but by how the disclosure of the video is linked to high profile UMNO men.

How can someone’s private affair possibly be worse than the deliberate and public disclosure of someone’s private life? If I secretly video taped you getting it on with a bicycle (hey, whatever tickles your fancy) and then upload it to Youtube with the intention of defaming you, am I really innocent?

I can’t speak on behalf of everyone, but I know for a fact that I’ve done my share of nonsense. So I’m not going to pretend to be perfect and play the part of the moral police.

So yes Anwar.

I don’t care and don’t mind if you happen to like men.

Or if you happen to like both men and women.

Or if you happen to have a thing for animals.

Or inanimate objects even.

That is strictly between you and your wife (and whoever/whatever else). I can respect that. What I cannot accept are the real sins: corruption, cronyism, nepotism, slander, double standards and you know the rest.

What you do in your personal time is your business.

What you do in office and in your capacity as a party leader, de-facto or not, is a different story all together.

Lately, PKR has been doing a horrendous job, and your leadership shaky at best. I’d suggest you buck up fast. Otherwise, whatever inroads you’ve made so far will only turn to dust.

And for that performance, I will definitely judge you.

Contrary to the contents of this article, Vern is not a fan boy of Anwar Ibrahim or the party he supposedly heads. He however has a soft spot for politicians who display some form of intelligence like Ku Li and KJ (sometimes). Like every other KL-lite, his greatest wish is for traffic congestions in KL to magically disappear.

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