No party can win without a coalition, says PSM leader
PSM central committee member S Arulchelvan said coalitions existed even before independence.
KUALA LUMPUR: No political party can win an election without being part of a coalition, says a PSM central committee member.
Speaking at a forum here last night, S Arulchelvan said all the parties that contested in the recent Johor state elections who were not part of a coalition lost their deposits.
“Now you know why PSM loses its deposits,” he said in jest.
In the recent Johor state elections, a number of parties contested on their own. This included PSM, Pejuang, Muda, Warisan, Parti Bangsa Malaysia, and Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra).
Arulchelvan said coalition politics has always been part of Malaysia’s history, though these days elections no longer revolved around political ideologies.
“Even before independence, we had the Putera-AMCJA, which was a left-wing coalition fighting a right-wing coalition. So, there was a clear class division.
“Then, after independence, we had the socialists fighting against the Alliance, which was still a class fight. But, today, it is not a class fight. It’s a fight between who is the lesser evil.”
KUALA LUMPUR: No political party can win an election without being part of a coalition, says a PSM central committee member.
Speaking at a forum here last night, S Arulchelvan said all the parties that contested in the recent Johor state elections who were not part of a coalition lost their deposits.
“Now you know why PSM loses its deposits,” he said in jest.
In the recent Johor state elections, a number of parties contested on their own. This included PSM, Pejuang, Muda, Warisan, Parti Bangsa Malaysia, and Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra).
Arulchelvan said coalition politics has always been part of Malaysia’s history, though these days elections no longer revolved around political ideologies.
“Even before independence, we had the Putera-AMCJA, which was a left-wing coalition fighting a right-wing coalition. So, there was a clear class division.
“Then, after independence, we had the socialists fighting against the Alliance, which was still a class fight. But, today, it is not a class fight. It’s a fight between who is the lesser evil.”
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