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PH's precarious position
By LIM SUE GOAN
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Pakatan Harapan is not just plagued by endless internal conflicts, there are intrinsic problems with each of its component parties |
Pakatan Harapan is not just plagued by endless internal conflicts, there are intrinsic problems with each of the component parties.
Despite the fact PRIBUMI has worked very hard for the past 18 months to keep the bumi-first policy intact, hold back from ratifying ICERD and organise the Malay dignity congress, it has lost even more Malay votes it the most recent by-elections in Semenyih and Tanjung Piai.
The party only has Tun Mahathir to look up to, and none of its ministers has done anything to help boost the party's Malay support as they are only good at unrealistic things like flying car, free school breakfasts and motorbike e-hailing.
Despite the fact PRIBUMI has worked very hard for the past 18 months to keep the bumi-first policy intact, hold back from ratifying ICERD and organise the Malay dignity congress, it has lost even more Malay votes it the most recent by-elections in Semenyih and Tanjung Piai.
The party only has Tun Mahathir to look up to, and none of its ministers has done anything to help boost the party's Malay support as they are only good at unrealistic things like flying car, free school breakfasts and motorbike e-hailing.
It doesn't matter whether Tun Mahathir is going to reshuffle his cabinet or taking in former Umno leaders, the reality is that he will not be able to reverse PPBM PRIBUMI's weaknesses. This explains why the prime minister has remained indecisive over the anticipated cabinet reshuffle.
Prior to this, Tun Mahathir has come up with all sorts of strategies to rope in Umno reps and suppress his political rivals. Nevertheless, with Umno now having officially sealed the ties with PAS coupled with PPBM's thumping defeat in Tanjung Piai, Mahathir has missed the golden opportunity to bring Umno reps to his side.
Under the rivals' “Muslim grand unity” slogan, there is strong likelihood the
Even though PKR is currently the largest party in the PH coalition, it will be reduced to a minor partner in the event of a division. Anwar Ibrahim has all this while been trying to calm things down, but what if Azmin Ali holds a rally to counter the party's annual convention on December 6?
No doubt PKR has very noble aspirations but these have now become crippled as a consequence of factional conflicts. The male sex video scandal has yet to be settled and the party's infighting has entailed the issue of corruption as highlighted by the involvement of Bera division chief Zakaria Abdul Hamid in vote-buying scandal during last year's party elections, including pledging RM20,000 in engineering contracts and RM300,000 in allocations.
The factional conflicts within PKR has protruded the leadership's incompetency in preventing such things from snowballing into the monstrous disaster it has become today.
Anwar is now treading on thin ice. While on the one hand he is worried Azmin will take away with him a group of MPs, on the other hand he is also afraid he may not get to become the prime minister eventually. He now has both his hands tied down, no longer able to command respect from his party.
Anwar is now treading on thin ice. While on the one hand he is worried Azmin will take away with him a group of MPs, on the other hand he is also afraid he may not get to become the prime minister eventually. He now has both his hands tied down, no longer able to command respect from his party.
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The strength of DAP, meanwhile, peaked after the 2018 general elections but the party has since got detached from the people. Its support base becomes shaky and the party is headed for a downward slide.
The biggest things DAP has accomplished so far have been allocations for Chinese schools including unprecedented allocations for independent high schools, as well as undisbursed allocations for Chinese national-type secondary schools. However, the party has failed to address the many problems related to Chinese education in this country, including perennial teacher shortage, utility bills and the teaching of Jawi calligraphy in SJKCs, among others.
The biggest things DAP has accomplished so far have been allocations for Chinese schools including unprecedented allocations for independent high schools, as well as undisbursed allocations for Chinese national-type secondary schools. However, the party has failed to address the many problems related to Chinese education in this country, including perennial teacher shortage, utility bills and the teaching of Jawi calligraphy in SJKCs, among others.
The drastic cut in TAR UC's allocations has met with powerful backlash from MCA, and squabbles between the two parties will not do DAP any good, as the public feel that as a ruling party, DAP should spend more time and effort on doing the right things instead.
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That said, the complete separation of education from politics will not outweigh things like revitalising the country's economy, alleviating the burden of the people, stopping the continued downfall of the local currency, addressing the issues of Lynas, public safety and unemployment, in addition to matriculation quota and UEC recognition.
The Malaysian Chinese community has always considered Chinese education as a unitary non-partisan entity. Unfortunately DAP has become so engrossed with the TAR UC issue, hence alienating itself from the local Chinese community.
DAP supporters are more concerned about when the PH government will honour its election promise, not TAR UC's management.
If the party has not done anything wrong, why did Tanjung Piai's Chinese voters turn their backs on PH?
If the party has not done anything wrong, why did Tanjung Piai's Chinese voters turn their backs on PH?
DAP's most urgent task now is to consolidate its fundamental support base and do what is right before it gets too late.
As for Amanah, it may not be able to fight PAS alone due to an apparent lack of clear directions and strong grassroots networks. It manages to become a part of the government through the support of the other three allies. Amanah will fall flat if anything goes wrong with the other three parties.
According to the worry index released by Emir Research, only 24% of Malaysians believe PH is a trustworthy government, with the Chinese -- its most supportive community -- standing at only 37%.
As for Amanah, it may not be able to fight PAS alone due to an apparent lack of clear directions and strong grassroots networks. It manages to become a part of the government through the support of the other three allies. Amanah will fall flat if anything goes wrong with the other three parties.
According to the worry index released by Emir Research, only 24% of Malaysians believe PH is a trustworthy government, with the Chinese -- its most supportive community -- standing at only 37%.
"The proposed scrapping of vernacular schools " - where and when has anyone in PH or DAP ever proposed that ?
ReplyDeleteSome UMNO-linked (hence MCA-linked) Ketuanan idiot put up a court case to have Vernacular School declared unconstitutional, but that case has already been thrown out of the High Court.
I always expected PH would have a difficult 1st term, because of the depth and width of damage done to the nation's institutions and finances by previous administrations.
ReplyDeleteMake no mistake, the country was left in deep financial shit on May 9 , 2018. The repayable debt on 1MDB alone would have pushed many countries to bankruptcy or default. As it is, it will continue to bedevil Malaysia's finances until 2039.
Najib's lies now no longer extend to denying the wrongdoing involved in 1MDB, which is undeniable now, but his defence now is "I don't know nothing about anything".
Having said that, there ARE many steps that PH can take to meet its promises that do not involve large sums of expenditure, or even hardly any money at all. Taking those administrative steps would be a great step to mitigate some of the perception of "no reforms" by PH.
Unfortunately, even with those steps that involve little or no expenditure, Mahathir is trapped in 1970's and 1980's race-based mentality , and cannot move past pandering to conservative Malay-Muslim prejudices.