Starting Afresh after a Defeat
The BN win in the Kelantan by-election should not be surprising given the vast resources of the BN machinery.
It was reported that the DPM spent six days campaigning – I just wonder if he took annual leave or going on the political trail on taxpayers’ monies is considered an acceptable practice for Malaysians.
To me PAS seems not to have learned the lesson that the concept of the Islamic state is not welcome to most Malaysians and one that non-Muslims will definitely oppose. Given that the area is predominantly Muslim, the PAS leadership should accept that they need to change their strategy if they want to achieve success in any elections.
Today’s overseas news has an interesting development relevant to politics, which should be the art of the possible as it is definitely not a science.
The Chairman of Israel’s Likud Party has resigned to join Ariel Sharon, the maverick leader who resigned from the party he founded to set up a new party to pursue peace in the Middle East.
As I am in favour of a two-party or three-party system in Malaysia with zero race based parties, the leaders in PAS are encouraged to reconsider the Islamic state concept now well before the next general elections. It is possible for the Barisan Alternative can win two or three more state governments and perhaps 30% of the seats in Parliament.
Once the BA state governments can prove that they can manage a few states competently, I am confident that more confidence and trust can be developed for further progress.
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posted by H J Angus @ 1:36 pm
4 Comments:
dear fRiend:
precisely my thoughts for some time.
we'll have a radical change towards NON-race, NON-religion based politics.
otherWISE, all will be futile, and in time, LOST!
Unfortunately, I do not believe PAS is ready to sacrifice their religious ideology yet for political expediency. Things will remain pretty much the same for many more years to come, unless some drastic changes happen within UMNO itself.
Even the once non religion non race based Sabahan politics during the Berjaya and PBS time was succesfully transformed into today's similiar to the national system as a result of the political participation of UMNO in the state .
Therefore, to expect these changes within UMNO is no different than "menunggu kuching bertanduk".
I wonder if we are heading in the right direction.
At one time PBS seemed to be a good party to run Sabah but they too have been sidelined by the mainland parties.
Anyone know how did all this occur?
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