Is Pribumi turning out to be useless as well as being a leech?

TK Chua who has been quite a prolific writer in most newspapers has just penned his latest Let DAP Contest On Its Own In GE14 published by FMT (but which I obtained from Malaysia-Today). Selected extracts follows:

The general consensus is that PH will face no problems in urban and semi-urban mixed constituencies.

It is the rural Malay heartlands that pose the most daunting challenge. Based on demarcation of constituencies, the rural heartlands will decide who forms the next federal government.

Apparently, the formation of Pribumi is still insufficient to steer the Malay votes away from BN/Umno. This is despite Pribumi being a Malay/Bumi-centric party, formed with the sole intention of challenging Umno on its own turf.

The latest “problem” is DAP. Any political party working with DAP is seen as compromising Malay interests. Hence, despite Pribumi being organised like Umno, the party is viewed differently by rural Malays.

Is it true that Malay/Muslim interests have become so “dominant” in this country that no political party can now work with DAP or even allude to equality and tolerance within our multiracial society? To win in rural heartlands, it would appear that they must be anti-DAP and “racist”.

So here is my take, never mind that it sounds outlandish: I suggest that DAP leave PH and contest on its own since the party is such a “nuisance” to PH. We shall leave it to Pribumi, PKR and Amanah to fight it out with Umno, PAS, MCA, Gerakan, MIC and others. Let them challenge each other and see who comes out on top in racism and bigotry.

For a start, there would be the matter of seat allocations. If the DAP leaves Pakatan, it's on its own and unless there is a covert 'beres' cum 'bisa diatur' still existing between DAP and Pakatan, the DAP will not only fight against BN's MCA-Gerakan-MIC but also against PKR who has for long lusts after DAP's seats, wakakaka.

Thus, there will be virtually 3-corner fights in all DAP contested seats, if there is no 'beres' cum 'bisa diatur' pact with Pakatan.

Secondly, even if there is a 'beres' cum 'bisa diatur' pact with Pakatan, there can be NO guarantee that PKR will honour it, wakakaka, as its Selangor Division has shown in its current refusal to heed Pakatan Harapan's central directive to cease and desist slutting around with PAS.

Notwithstanding 3-corner fights, it's likely DAP will still win an approximate 30 to 35 federal seats and capture Penang state but at great effort and with some losses and missed potentials.

At the same time, according to FMT's Pribumi needs mixed seats too, the IDEAS think-tank stated Pribumi is also demanding a fair share of mixed seats where PH has a higher chance of winning.

“Pribumi leaders … argue that Pakatan can win over mixed seats only if Malay voters in those areas are persuaded to its side, and that this will happen only if Pribumi is present."

“Thus, if Pribumi is the reason for Pakatan to win in mixed seats, its vital contribution must be reciprocated in the form of seats in mixed areas as well."

“Seat allocation among Pakatan parties is therefore very important for Pribumi’s longer-term survival.”

my chance? wakakaka 

In other words, Pribumi is NOT confident of wining its allocated 52 federal seats in the UMNO Heartland, hence it also wants mixed seats where as part of Pakatan it stands a far better chance of at least getting some of its members into the Dewan Rakyat with wins in mixed seats.

That's exactly what IDEAS meant by “Seat allocation among Pakatan parties is therefore very important for Pribumi’s longer-term survival.”

This in turn means Pribumi is f**king useless to Pakatan's (or rather Lim Kit Siang's) hopes that the Malay-Only party can penetrate UMNO's iron cast Heartland and carry Pakatan into Putrajaya.

Methinks Pribumi is becoming a parasite which now wants to leech off Pakatan's mixed federal seats, more appropriate for the DAP and to an extent, PKR. 

So what is the bloody role for Pribumi if it wants security in mixed federal seats. It might as well not join Pakatan. Wait, let me re-phrase that, Pakatan might as well not accept Pribumi into its coalition.

Furthermore, it is also disgraceful for a political party which does NOT accept multiracial members to lust after mixed seats, in fact a self insult on its pribumi-ness.

But could it be that Mahathir is still re-living his PM days when he 'kow-tim-rised' many federal seats into his perfect ratio of approximately 65:35 Malay:Chinese voters.

This virtually means he still doesn't trust the politically volatile Malays and prefers to depend upon the far more untrustworthy but reliable-in-voting Chinese, wakakaka. 

So, while TK Chua suggests the DAP withdraws out of Pakatan to give Pribumi an uncontaminated-by-Chinese aura and thus a fighting chance in the Heartland, IDEAS wants DAP and PKR to allocate Pribumi some federal mixed seats in addition to the 52 Heartland seats it has already been allocated.

WTF, but I am sure Lim Kit Siang will be quite amenable and receptive to any Pribumi's requests as he is so obsessed with the belief that Pribumi will help Pakatan take over Putrajaya.