Penang Gerakan chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan said yesterday that the row within Pakatan Rakyat in Penang is “a tip of the iceberg”.

“There are signs of the coalition “cracking”. The simmering feud between DAP and PKR leaders has been existing since they formed the state government after the general elections in 2008,” said Dr Teng.

“Their coalition is a marriage of convenience to suit the purposes of their leaders and not of the party let alone the people,” added Dr Teng in response to reporters’ questions on the public attack by Bayan Baru MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Hashim against Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

Dr Teng said they are showing their true colour.

“It is common knowledge that the Penang government is a one-man government which ostensibly promotes “CAT” (complaining, accusing and twisting) in a dictatorial and autocratic way,” said Dr Teng.

For the sake of the people and Penang, the state one-man government should sincerely and truthfully get more investments & developments, instead of banking on hollow slogans, forming unproductive committees or councils and playing on the sentiments of the people, added Dr Teng.

On Thursday, Zahrain, who is the former state PKR chairman, described the DAP secretary-general as a “dictator, a chauvinist and communist-minded.”

“Lim does not like to be criticised. He is quick to label those who criticise him as Barisan National agents. Even his own party colleagues do not have a say the moment Lim makes up his mind,” said Zahrain.