Bad for PH to delay naming Johor MB candidate, say academics
PH’s reluctance to name its menteri besar-designate for Johor will reflect poorly on the coalition, says analyst Azmi Hassan.
PETALING JAYA: Two academics have criticised Pakatan Harapan (PH) for its delay in choosing its candidate for the post of Johor menteri besar.
They said the coalition would show itself as weak if it did not announce its choice soon.
“Barisan Nasional has already named Johor BN chairman Hasni Mohammad as its poster man. So, for PH to name its MB-designate later will reflect poorly on the coalition,” Azmi Hassan of the Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research told FMT.
“It is very critical for PH to name its MB candidate soon to give voters the perception of its readiness to establish or to administer the state government.
PETALING JAYA: Two academics have criticised Pakatan Harapan (PH) for its delay in choosing its candidate for the post of Johor menteri besar.
They said the coalition would show itself as weak if it did not announce its choice soon.
“Barisan Nasional has already named Johor BN chairman Hasni Mohammad as its poster man. So, for PH to name its MB-designate later will reflect poorly on the coalition,” Azmi Hassan of the Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research told FMT.
“It is very critical for PH to name its MB candidate soon to give voters the perception of its readiness to establish or to administer the state government.
Azmi Hassan.
“Although nomination day is yet to be set and the names of candidates have not been finalised, PH needs to at least put forward its MB-designate, especially to win over the fence sitters.”
Azmi said the delay in naming the candidate, as well as the decision of PKR to contest under its own logo, indicated problems within the coalition.
“Although nomination day is yet to be set and the names of candidates have not been finalised, PH needs to at least put forward its MB-designate, especially to win over the fence sitters.”
Azmi said the delay in naming the candidate, as well as the decision of PKR to contest under its own logo, indicated problems within the coalition.
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid.
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid of Universiti Sains Malaysia said naming the menteri besar-designate early would reflect coalition unity and serve as a sign of confidence in facing the state election.
“The later PH announces its MB candidate, the higher the risk of rejection from the voters,” he said. “Johor is a large state and the potential MB must be given ample time to make his rounds on the ground.”
On Saturday, PH leader Anwar Ibrahim said the coalition had not discussed its choice of a candidate for the post.
He said PH felt it was more important to work on ensuring its victory in the elections.
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid of Universiti Sains Malaysia said naming the menteri besar-designate early would reflect coalition unity and serve as a sign of confidence in facing the state election.
“The later PH announces its MB candidate, the higher the risk of rejection from the voters,” he said. “Johor is a large state and the potential MB must be given ample time to make his rounds on the ground.”
On Saturday, PH leader Anwar Ibrahim said the coalition had not discussed its choice of a candidate for the post.
He said PH felt it was more important to work on ensuring its victory in the elections.
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kt comments:
In a coalition where the component parties have equal strength it's very difficult to name any appointee early as there will invariably arise, especially in Malaysia, internecine war and sabotage - ambitious people are reluctant to accede to rivals especially if from another component party - thus they will sabo kau kau.
That has been why Pakatan, since its inception as a broad coalition (Pakatan Rakyat days), could NOT or was reluctant to have a shadow cabinet - it waffled here and there, kerbau north to south, mumbled from top to bottom, and came up with numerous ministerial committees (made up of members from every component party) for every ministerial portfolio instead of a 'Shadow Minister' each. It was basically signalling to the World that it not only could not agree on the appointees but lack a strong leader, thus fearing teflon-ised internal coalition sabotage, wakakaka (Ass-binte was damn Machiavellian-ly brilliant on this aspect).
Only when a loose coalition liker Pakatan Harapan had a stern strong dictator at its top like Atuk, would the pact be able to work normally as a strong adhesive coalition like BN once was - yes, even BN today lacks that cohesiveness. And that has been precisely how Atuk with a mere 13 MPs could dictated to the 42-strong DAP and 47-strong PKR, where both kuai kuai obeyed, wakakaka - what a F-up the Lims were.
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