Do the unthinkable: 6 ways to prevent a BN-PN takeover

Do the unthinkable: 6 ways to prevent a BN-PN takeover


12 hours ago
Tajuddin Rasdi


For all Malaysians who abhor the conservatism of BN-PN, a go-for-broke situation lies ahead, when all bets are off and every single deal is on the table

With their decisive victory in Negeri Sembilan, the Malay-dominant combination of Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional probably smell victory at the next general election.

If they next win in Melaka, Umno will probably pull out of the unity government and take a few MPs with them to trigger an early general election. It is no longer a matter of if, but when: as early as the year’s end, or by the new year.


Pakatan Harapan has no way to win unless 1.5 million Malaysians living overseas are able to vote easily and effortlessly, or if they can come home to save their country from the certain conservatism that will kill the Malaysia we deserve.

Even with the overseas vote, PH will still have an uphill battle as Malays have made their choice very clear: apparently, they do not care about corruption, economic development or justice, as long as the BN-PN notion of a safe “Payung Melayu” can be realised and the evil DAP is decimated forever.


Thus, PH is left with nothing else but the unthinkable. It still has a few months or half a year left in which to act. The gloves must come off. This will be a do-or-die situation for all Malaysians who abhor the conservative narrative of BN-PN.

PH needs to make “unthinkable” moves that will never be matched by BN-PN for reasons of greed. I will explain and elucidate.

A new coalition

First, PH needs to form a loose coalition with all progressive-minded parties like Muda, Bersama, Parti Sosialis Malaysia and others who do not use race or religion as their main ideological platform. PH must also give a few seats to independent candidates that are honest and earnest enough to stand in the election.


This will set the tone for Malaysians that PH is serious about being progressive and moving forward, leaving Umno to live with PAS and PN.

For Malays, the narrative is total Malay-Muslim dominance while PH Plus will be for a progressive Malaysia aligned with the ideals of both Sabah and Sarawak people.

Recognise the UEC

Second, PH must recognise the Unified Examination Certificate of Chinese-medium schools, as Sabah and Sarawak have done. Umno can scream disloyalty to the constitution, but Sabah and Sarawak as partners in Malaysia have shown the way.


PH should also increase the racial quota in universities to 45:55 and just do it.

Once upon a time, Dr Mahathir Mohamad made an overnight change for the teaching of maths and science to English, after the Malays deserted Umno for Reformasi. He had the courage and shrewdness to offer the juiciest prize to the non-Malays and progressive Malays. PH should meditate seriously on what Mahathir did.

Third, PH should subsidise 20% of private college fees for young Malaysians from M40 and B40 families. Every B40 graduate from public and private institutions should be given a monthly RM400 allowance for a year to look for jobs, with payments ending two months after they secure decent employment.

BN-PN will never do these things as many of their politicians may have other ideas for the money to be spent. It is better for PH to empty the country’s coffers for the good of the people than to leave a chest full of money for other parties to selfishly use for themselves and their families if or when they take over the reins.


Non-Islamic religions

Fourth, PH should establish special departments at the federal and state levels for other religions, headed by an executive councillor or a minister in the prime minister’s office, to deal with the development of houses of worship and their legal registration.

The proceeds from the sin tax on alcohol, gambling and the pig farming industry should be allocated to these departments.

BN-PN under their Malay supremacist narrative will never match this move. Yet again, Sabah and Sarawak have such departments and allocations, although not from the taxes I mention.

An East Malaysian as PM

Fifth, PH Plus must forge an alliance with the dominant Sabah and Sarawak parties and offer them a free path to electoral victory with no challenge from PH at all. Again, BN-PN will not match this move because they are hungry for the states’ wealth for God knows what purpose.

This alliance can further be sweetened by offering to pay whatever is due from oil revenue as a result of past injustices. Again, BN-PN will never agree to this as they want that wealth accumulated in Tanah Melayu, I assume.

Sixth – and this would be the coup de grace – PH can offer the prime ministership to a candidate from Sabah and Sarawak if the coalition wins the day.

Anwar Ibrahim should be okay with this offer, since I am confident that Anwar has no wealth to protect, and neither do any of his children, unlike some other prime ministers before him.

If so, Malaysians will finally get to see a Sabahan or Sarawakian PM before they leave this world.

The end is near for good Malaysians and PH. This is a go-for-broke situation. All bets are off and every single deal is on the table, especially the “unthinkable” ones. There is no other way to save Malaysia from the return of BN’s culture of wealth and the conservatism of PN.

BN-PN will never match these moves.

I think Malaysians will have many nice and exciting things to look forward to and thus come out to vote. In the days ahead, we will see either the end of the line for a progressive Malaysia, or the beginning of a wonderful one for us all.