As the appointment of PAS Assemblyman for Pasir Panjang Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin as Perak Mentri Besar representing the third and smallest political party in the proposed coalition has not received the mandate of the CEC, DAP Perak Assemblymen will stay away from the swearing-in ceremony for Perak Mentri Besar scheduled tomorrow. [No DAP CEC mandate for PAS Menteri Besar in Perak. Lim Kit Siang. March 12 2008]
As much as I am disappointed that Raja Nazrin chose to grant the office of the Chief Minister to a Malay councilor from PAS despite DAP’s performance, I believe the appointment is the right move. It is the best way to create a more equal society.
A Malaysian Malaysia, so to speak, can only be achieved through the participation of the Malays. It is a fact that the Malays dominate the demographics of Perak as well as Malaysia. More importantly, many of these Malays do feel strongly about the special position of the Malays. A dreamer of bangsa Malaysia must win over these Malays through reasons and that will take time.
Appointment of a Chinese as a Chief Minister in Perak so soon might cause a backlash from the conservative Malays. It signals a drastic change and gives no time to rehabilitate the conservative Malays’ mindset. That would only work to aggravate the Malays instead of winning them over.
The recently concluded election is the first time many Malaysians voted across racial and religious lines and DAP risks to undo that success.
Sir, you are risking too much, too soon. Do not risk it.
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congratz!!!
Now, governs the 5 states successfully. Show the rakyat that you can govern states and then Malaysia nation especially in economy, safety, justice, education, state administration, transparency and many more.
if you excel in the five states, you can convince the rakyat to choose you as a ruling party at federal level; the same manifesto or strength of BN.
in your future manifesto, pay attention to investor/ corporate sectors. Draft the manifestos as if you are going to become the Malaysia ruling party. Alike BN, play with statistics and numbers; say 10 million for education, say millions for safety etc. opposition should have shadow cabinet line-up to prepare these manifesto.
Now, concentrate on Sabah and Sarawak parliamentary and state seats. pkr (or the opposition front) must show that it is a party for all races and ethnics ie bajau, kadazan, dusun etc. most of them vote BN because their mentality (i might be wrong) is BN brings development. if you can develop the 5 states, they can open their eyes and vote opposition in next general election.
Pas, pkr, dap etc must groom leaders or candidates for the 13th general election. Pick candidates with strong education background so that people have faith in them able to govern states (or Malaysia). Starting from today, these candidates must turun padang to list down all the problem faces by rakyat and tackled the problems; win their heart and show them that you do works. if the candidates don’t have enough time and energy, seek help from opposition supporters or appoint assistances as many as you need.BN won uncontested in 11 parliamentary seats meaning opposition lacks 11 leaders/ candidates.
Starting today until the next GE, keep record of mismanagements, corruptions (power and money), wrongdoings of BN for your campaigning points.
Most of the main media in Malaysia are controlled by the ruling party. opposition candidates must use alternative medium such as internet or blogs to convey their messages, counter the ruling party allegations, reveals corruptions by BN etc. if the candidates are busy, ask the party supporters to run the blog; maybe can elect media committee. The opposition have won five states and KL; make as many press conference as you can to address your developments, progress etc. each states have its own radio station; use these opportunity to deliver the messages.
Work very hard during this 4 or 5 years!!
If not, rakyat will vote for BN in the next election
if selangor can beat pahang or sabah or sarawak in economy, safety, education etc performances, the sabahan and the sarawakian and pahang people might choose the opposition in 13th GE.
The opposition must pick an outstanding state as a benchmark while governing the 5 states. If say pahang attracted 10 foreign investors, the five states must have more than 10 investors. If sabah crime rate is 10 %( let say it is a state with lowest crime rate), the opposition must have lower than 10% of crime rate. The examples are endless.
I agree with Rajan on this completely. My thoughts on this were the same.
First off, its understandable why DAP refrained from agreeing on a (Malay-Muslim) candidate with PKR and PAS before their submission to Raja Nazrin. Because it has won the most seats they can’t be blamed for attempting to first see whether the Raja Nazrin will waive that Malay-Muslim requirement. He didn’t.
That’s fine. I mean, like what Hafiz has said, Perak is predominently a Malay state and maybe having a Chinese MB might come as too much of a shock to the Perak ppl at this juncture.
However, I felt that once Raja Nazrin decided against a non-Muslim, he really should have picked the PKR candidate instead. Apart from the obvious ideology friction between DAP and PAS, PKR has also won more seats than PAS in Perak!
Remember that the BR won Perak in the first place due to the people there voting in hordes of DAP candidates. How would DAP now explain to their supporters that they’ve suddenly got a PAS MB out of the blue?? DAP might very well lose a lot of those supporter’s votes in the next election if the PAS MB shows too much (or anything more than the previous BN govt) Islamic conservatism in his administration.
I feel to rectify this uncertainty from the beginning, it should have been agreed between BR that only 2 candidates should be submitted to the Raja: one from DAP and one from PKR.
Tactical error from BR here.
[…] [1586] Of sir, you are playing a dangerous game – As much as I am disappointed that Raja Nazrin chose to grant the office of the Chief Minister to a Malay councilor from PAS despite DAP’s performance, I believe the appointment is the right move. It is the best way to create a more equal society. […]
It’s a major miscalculation on LKS’s part, and also on Raja Nazrin’s part (unless Nazrin is secretly in cahoots with BN, in which case it all makes sense). As Rajan said, the ideal MB in this case should be a fella from PKR.
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You are using red herring. It does not matter if DAP cannot form the government but PAS too cannot form the government. Who is largest? DAP. Who is second largest? PKR. So, a PKR Malay Muslim will get the Mentri Besar for we say “Tak Nak” to any Islamic fascist (read PAS).
If PAS does not need DAP, then PAS certainly will do as it pleases and implement the full Syariah (aka Hudud) which allow to kill murtads (aka Malay Christians). For this reason, I voted BN and NOT PAS.
Let PAS form the government with BN. Both PKR and DAP can lead the opposition then ;) Its better than HYPOCRISY and selling your soul. KAAFIR FIRST! TAK NAK ISLAM.
Suppose PAS forms a “temporary alliance” with BN, then, the next MB will be Tajol Rosli as BN has far more seats than PAS.
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On 12 Mar 2008 at 10:30 pm, Hafiz Noor Shams wrote:
Whose future? What is this “short term gain”? We, Christians oppose Muslim MB, which is why we also voted for BN and did not give the so-called BR (Barisan Rakyat) a two-thirds majority!
We will NEVER accept an Islamic State in long term. The future is clear: Christians want right to prosetylise Muslims and communalise Malaysia on religious lines.
DAP must keep opposing PAS and insist a PKR Malay or even a Malay Murtad be appointed MB. Say NO to Islamic fascism.
DAP cannot form a government without PKR and PAS. Period.
This is unlike in Kedah where PAS doesn’t need DAP to form a government.
If DAP prefers to have PAS form a government with BN, well, I guess I thought too highly of DAP.
this is likenened to having a dap mb in kedah and pas is gonna boycott the swearing-in.
fact: dap has the majority seat. period.
LKS is risking the future for a short term gain.
perak state constitution says that the mb must be a muslim malay. so technically the mb must be from pkr or pas. however, the sultan has the power to waive this requirement but he did not.
pls note dap has the majority seat in perak, not pas. dap did not even has an exco in kedah.
bn won outstandingly in 2004 bcos of pas arrogance in 1999. sudah lupa?
i think lks did the right thing.
Also a double edge sword given by Raja Nazrin to DAP ;)
I will define the MB appointment as Raja Nazrin test given to DAP. ;)
Same thing I blogged about as well. DAP needs to move past its perception as a Chinese party, with Chinese interests only.
Why is Lim Kit Siang killing off goodwill that the people have for the opposition coalition?
DAP is actually in a pickle here. If it appear to cooperate too much with PAS, it would lose votes the next elections, considering most of its base distrust PAS. If they cooperate too little, they too lose votes.
PAS should have been sensitive to this and pull out of the race for MB. PKR would have been the ideal – by far – party from which the MB ought to come from. DAP voter base don’t particularly distrust PKR, neither does PAS’ voter base.
For the regent to pick a PAS councillor to be MB shows at best neglect, and at worse, direct sabotage. Raja Nazrin’s job here is to pick the MB most likely to command the confidence of the state assembly, not someone he likes best. Seeing the DAP is boycotting the swearing in, clearly the regent failed.