Since Pertubuhan Bunga Tanjung was not an exclusive association for spouses of Barisan Nasional state assemblypersons and parliament representatives in Penang, the club should not have been dissolved.
More so on March 9, the day after the present DAP-led Pakatan Rakyat had captured the state government from BN with a two-third majority during the national polls.
The state government has demanded former chief minister and Bunga Tanjung advisor Dr Koh Tsu Koon to publicly explain how this could have happened.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said there was no hurry or just cause for Bunga Tanjung to be dissolved since it was a non-government body meant for wives of state assemblypersons and members of both the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara from the ruling party.After all, its official address was the Chief Minister's Office at Level 28 of Komtar. A perusal of the Bunga Tanjung constitution revealed no clause stating it was a ‘BN only’ club.
Since Pakatan Rakyat is the ruling party in Penang while BN is the opposition, Lim said it was ideal for Bunga Tanjung to be handed over to the new administration.
Koh's wife Chui Kah Peng was the last Bunga Tanjung president when the association was dissolved during its annual general meeting attended by 45 members.
Waving a copy the Bunga Tanjung constitution, Lim expressed curiosity over the reasons behind the hasty dissolution of the association.
"The BN wives may have not thought that their husbands would lose power and we too never thought we would wrest power.
"Well it happened, thanks to the political tsunami on March 8 polls. So ideally the association should have been handed over to us and indeed I should be its advisor by virtue of its constitution," he told newsmen when officiating his Air Putih constituency service centre yesterday.
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