KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 — DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang said he found it to be “unreal and uncomfortable” to be sitting among government backbenchers in Parliament now, after having spent all of his previous political career across the aisle.
The Iskandar Puteri MP is the latest former Opposition lawmaker to comment on their unfamiliar surroundings.
Yesterday, his son and Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng, confessed to using the wrong entrance out of habit.
“It is strange, very unreal and in a way a little uncomfortable,” Kit Siang told reporters with a sheepish smile today when met at the Dewan Rakyat lobby.
“We have some leaders going through the wrong doors and mixed up which side we should go in from, but we’ll get used to it.”
Aside from the new seating arrangements, he said the members of the new government were also still adjusting to their portfolios and the accompanying responsibilities.
Separately, Lim said Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V also gave excellent advice in his royal address at the start of the 14th Parliament, especially with the call to end divisive practices involving race and religion.
“The current Opposition should really listen to what the Agong said if they want to an effective pact.
“Be honest. We can have different views on many things but the arguments must be based on the truth.
“Let us stop practising politics of fear, lies and hatred,” he said.
This is the 11th time Lim has been sworn in as a federal lawmaker.
