Our favourite opportunist, Ibrahim Ali, has declared that the worst is over for BN, and that Pakatan (or more correctly, Anwar Ibrahim) can forget about its path to Putrajaya.
Much as we despise, disregard and disbelieve him, I’m afraid this time he may be right. Only the unrealistic Paktan supporter would believe otherwise.
Leaving aside the unsavoury outcome from the UMNO government use of its bag of goodies, bag of tricks and bag of lies, I fear Pakatan has lost its momentum from the 2008 tsunami.
Forget about Uthayakumar’s pathetic attempt to claim credit for Pakatan’s recent losses in a number of by-elections, the culprit or rather culprits for the loss of support for Pakatan are many. This post will deal with just one.
I’m targeting PAS. As a primer, please read my post 'Tis the nature of the beast (2).
With the help of DAP, PAS was previously (post March 2008) winning increasing Chinese support to an extent that alas, it felt (incorrectly) confident enough to revert to its tragic misogynist and oppressive nature. It showed its ugly fangs by wanting to police the morals of Malaysians.
The recent prohibition of officially permitted gambling facilities in Kelantan, the recent comments by its Youth Chief on issues such as Valentine’s Day and such like events, have not been helpful to Pakatan’s cause.
And that perhaps could have been part reason for its lack of strong Chinese support in Merlimau. Like most Chinese there, I am not comfortable with PAS metamorphosing recently from a tabby cat into the striped tiger that we had feared.
At times like this, we are faced with the dilemma of supporting PAS and its religious agenda or allowing UMNO and its corruption to run rampant again. Sadly, a divided PKR is in no position to spearhead the fight into the heartland, to provide Malays with a third alternative.
There are of course many other factors affecting Pakatan's slip in popularity, but the least PAS could do at this time is to f* stop frightening non-Muslims with its unwelcomed moral policing.
I'll stop here.
Is there any point in PAS pretending to be something its not? They won't change their fundamental beliefs. The lesson of the last few months is that a coalition with PAS isn't going to work.
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It's not only Brahim that's saying it.
ReplyDeleteIt's most Malays who believe it too,
And the Malays in the rural areas are the ones who will return BN to power.
Not us cyber-savvy so-called reformasi supporters.
Some don't even vote. And those who do are negligible to warrant a change the want.
What change? Putting a people with different ideologies and a self-interest leader.
SORRY. NEXT.
The seat of government
ReplyDeleteIt isn't for a party to govern forever
History isn't favored it to stay
There will be changes
GE13 the forces intensity
It wants change badly
For the gearing must bear fruition
On the political landscape of the nation
Now the current party singing praises
Drawing themselves with cheers....
Claiming the people are behind them
Are they really knowing the sentiments?
By elections aren't a good stick to measure
The ruling party pouring aids and money
The people took the bite ate the goodies
The larger picture they wait for it to appear
The seat of government
The change must prevail
History isn't favored it to stay
Look around us political changes
The Aussies would have said: The dingo is cute and may look like a dog, but it is NOT a dog. If a person persists in treating it like one, then one day he may find his arm ripped off or his throat ripped open.
ReplyDeleteMind, PAS does have its good points. One is that it's not corrupt (... not yet anyway) and that's an admirable quality.
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