Chan Kong Choy should be relieved of his transport minister post with immediate effect to take responsibility for at least two major disasters that have taken place in the last few months, not forgetting a huge scandal which surfaced recently.

Some months ago, a horrific bus crash took place near Taiping where at least 20 passengers lost their lives and many more were critically injured. What's more, the bus driver was high on drugs, and to top it all, his driving licence had already expired.

At the same time, several warrants of arrest were served on the bus driver concerned, but yet he was allowed to drive the ill-fated bus. Unfortunately, the bus driver also succumbed to his injuries during the horrific accident. It was also reported that the bus company had even accumulated many summonses from the JPJ (Road Transport Department), but yet it was business as usual for the bus company thus causing the unnecessary loss of lives.

Then more recently, a ferry that was not seaworthy and whose licence had expired caught fire during its journey resulting in at least half a dozen fatalities and several more being injured. It was also discovered that the licence of the ferry concerned had expired since December 2006.

Reports were also abound that during the Hari Raya period, a Palestinian managed to hide in the wheel compartment of a Singapore-bound plane parked at the KLIA but who was arrested when the plane landed in Singapore

Finally, the ministry was also embroiled in a huge scandal known as the PKFZ (Port Klang Free Zone) fiasco where a company had to be bailed out by the government to the tune of RM4.6 billion. To avoid answering questions from the press as he was implicated in the matter, Chan Kong Choy took the easy way out by 'feigning' illness and subsequently took leave to go to Australia supposedly for a medical checkup.

It is quite normal for Barisan Nasional government ministers such as Chan to shirk their responsibilities and put the blame on their subordinates instead. As such, like all right-thinking Malaysians, I strongly feel that this very irresponsible transport minister should be taken to task and that even legal action be taken against him for the many disasters and scandals that have taken place all this while.

However, we all know that this will just be wishful thinking, and before too long, everything will be forgotten. As such, my dear friends, let us wake up to reality and cast our precious votes for the opposition, for we need to vote in a government which will treat all its citizens equally, and where discrimination and corrupt practices will be things of the past.