Former Information Minister Tan Sri Zainuddin Maidin today suggested that DAP join the Barisan Nasional (BN) to ensure that there is Chinese representation in the Malaysian government.
He said this would obviously be diffcult for DAP and BN and their supporters but needs to be done in the interest of harmony and political stability.
“It will certainly be difficult for the DAP to take the step (offer to join the BN) and likewise for the BN to accept, but this matter must be seen in the context of Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s call for national reconciliation following the “Chinese tsunami” against the BN in Sunday’s 13th General Election (GE13) which turned out to be a bitter pill for the country,” he said in his blog Zamkata.
He said the Chinese who were now in a state of euphoria had yet to feel the pain (of not being represented in the government), but in the intermediate term, will realise the big mistake they had made (in rejecting the BN en bloc).
In GE13, BN won 133 parliamentary seats out of the 222 at stake to again form the government with a simple majority while Pakatan Rakyat took 89.
Najib who took his oath of office as Prime Minister before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Monday, will not be having Chinese representation in the Cabinet to formed. This is because the leadership of MCA, which only won seven of the 37 parliamentary seats contesed by the BN component party, has decided to forego representation from the party in Najib’s new cabinet. Gerakan, another dominant Chinese component in the BN, was also rejected by Chinese voters, winning just one seat.
Zainuddin said: “The Chinese community which had hoped for the destruction of the Malay dominated BN has been presented by the DAP a government without any Chinese leaders.”
As such, DAP is facing tremendous pressure from the community which is disappointed in not getting the government as promised by DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, he said.
“So we can see their situation is like “worms in heat”, winning big but not capturing Putrajaya.
“And because of this, they want to go back to the streets to cover up their failure besides trying to divert attention from the lies they been peddling by blaming others,” he said.
He said the path for the DAP to calm down the Chinese community was to offer itself to join the government, because it had proven itself in securing the support of Chinese voters by winning 38 (parliamentary) seats against the MCA’s seven. – Bernama
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Why must the MCA and Gerakan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional do all the donkey work for the Chinese community while they conveniently vote for the DAP and Pakatan Rakyat? And what have the DAP, PAS and PKR done to the areas they had won in 2008 and can do to those that they have won in 2013? Nothing.
ReplyDeleteMCA and Gerakan were nice in telling the Chinese that their parties would continue to serve them even if their candidates were not voted by them. But the Chinese voters took it differently and still voted the opposition which has never said they would serve the Chinese communities other than to seek the votes from them.
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese leaders of MCA and Gerakan must be brave and tell the Chinese that their parties cannot do much if the Chinese do not give their votes to them, and if they still choose DAP, PAS and PKR, they have no choice but to turn to these opposition parties if they need any help.
ReplyDeleteThis is the sad truth that the Chinese voters ought to remember, that voting for someone means they have faith in him, and if the person is voted in, then surely it is his responsibility to live with the community to know what their grievances are and to solve them, if they can.
ReplyDeleteThe Pakatan Rakyat members of parliament and state assemblymen do not seem to do anything; all they need is to get the voters to support them, and if they win, by whatever means, including deceiving the voters, they can then sit back to relax and campaign through the whole of the five years’ term before running again in the next elections.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, it is the Barisan members and state as well as federal government who are serving all the constituencies, with the MCA also having their service centers for everybody to come to them for assistance.
ReplyDeleteAll this while the voters thought they could vote for Pakatan and when they win, they do not have to go to the Pakatan members of parliament or state assemblymen, but to the Barisan ones, including those who have lost, to seek help and whatever assistance they needed. Because they know only Barisan representatives are the ones who can help them out especially in their hour of desperate need.
ReplyDeleteSo it is also a shock to see Datuk Seri Ali Rustam losing in the Bukit Katil parliamentary seat in Melaka, when he had served the people of Melaka well, regardless of the races, with a lot of development everywhere, including the Portuguese Settlement.
ReplyDeleteThe reason why the voters, especially the Chinese in Melaka and also the Melayu ones, had chosen to vote for Pakatan is because they can still depend on Barisan to do the bidding for them post-elections.
ReplyDeleteThey know they cannot depend on any of the Pakatan representatives in Melaka and all over the country, the tasks of which are all taken by the Barisan elected or non-elected representatives.
ReplyDeleteAll through the years, we see MCA and Gerakan elected and non-elected representatives doing their level best to serve all, regardless of who they support, either Barisan or Pakatan. But come elections time, the majority of the Chinese and some Melayu voters turned their backs on them.
ReplyDeleteMichael Chong of the MCA complaints bureau must insist on asking those who come to his office to seek assistance if they are supporters of Pakatan or Barisan since if they do not support Barisan, why then should they now bother to come to his office.
ReplyDeleteMichael should ask them to go to the DAP, PKR or PAS complaints bureau or service centers. And why must Barisan continue to provide services to those areas which have fallen to Pakatan?
ReplyDeleteIf this happens, then there is no need for the Pakatan representatives to serve them, as the duty has now been taken over by Barisan, who despite losing in some of the parliamentary and state areas are serving the local communities well.
ReplyDeleteIn the end, it is Barisan who is helping to serve Pakatan, while the elected and non-elected representatives of DAP, PAS and PKR in the respective areas do not do anything so they are able to continue campaigning and giving ‘ceramah’ all over the country, almost every other night.
ReplyDeleteGelang Patah parliamentary seat in Johor has fallen to DAP head honcho Lim Kit Siang, who beat former ‘Menteri Besar’ of Johor, Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman. So now let Kit Siang serve the constituents of Gelang Patah and see what sort of development he can create in this area, so those who had voted him to parliament in this area can see how good he is.
ReplyDeleteBarisan should ignore this area and let DAP and Pakatan prove their mettle, and allow those who had given them a victory in this area judge for themselves if DAP and Pakatan are good for them now and also in the future, so they can decide if they still want to retain Kit Siang as their member of parliament.
ReplyDeleteIf Barisan continues to serve the people of Gelang Patah, then Kit Siang will have it easy. His party and coalition will also get a free ride on the backs of Barisan, so that the Pakatan leaders can go around the country to campaign and also not spend a single day staying in the area they now control.
ReplyDeleteThis is what had happened in the last general elections when many MCA and Gerakan candidates lost, because the voters knew even if MCA and Gerakan lost, they still could count on them to help out, without ever depending on the DAP, PAS or PKR leaders especially those who had won in the elections.
ReplyDeleteOne can also ask what Kit Siang did for the constituency where he had won which is Ipoh Utara in Perak and also Karpal Singah and the others in DAP, PAS and PKR, in the areas they won in the previous general elections of 2008 that the voters there found to be impressive enough to want to continue to support their parties in 2013?
ReplyDeleteChances are they have not done much; otherwise, they would not have the time to go all over the country giving political speeches and also being embroiled in national politics and other pseudo-political undertakings all through the last five years till they won again in the 2013 elections.
ReplyDeleteIf they had all done wonderful things to their previous constituencies, then surely, they would have published special brochures and even videos to show to the voters. But unfortunately, they have neglected to do even this.
ReplyDeleteSo in the end, the main reason why they had won again in 2013 is because Barisan had spoilt them by serving the constituencies that they have won, and the voters there know they can still vote the opposition, because in the end, it will be Barisan who will come to their every aid and assistance, post-general elections.
ReplyDeleteThose who vote the opposition know they can still get one of their leaders in parliament or the state assemblies, to create ruckus in them, while getting all the assistance from Barisan.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the DAP has accepted the results of the general election, it is questioning the marginal losses suffered by Pakatan Rakyat in 30 parliamentary seats which could have had a bearing on the outcome of the polls.
ReplyDeleteLim was commenting on Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) CEO Wan Saiful Wan Jan's call for all sides to accept the election results although there were issues in the process.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Lim denied that there was a contradiction in Pakatan's swearing-in of its state governments in Kelantan, Penang and Selangor, adding that no one there had raised allegations of electoral fraud.
ReplyDeleteOut of the total number of 13,268,002 voters for the 222 parliamentary seats, 11,257,147 voters or 84.84% cast their votes at the 13th general election, the highest percentage in any general election in Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteElection Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria said for the 505 state legislative assembly seats contested, 9,742,254 voters or 85.82% had exercised their right to vote in the election.
ReplyDeleteHe said that based on the electoral roll gazetted for GE13, out of the 13,268,002 registered voters, there were 12,885,434 ordinary voters, 146,742 postal voters and 235,826 early voters.
ReplyDelete"For the Parliamentary seats, Barisan Nasional garnered 5,237,699 votes; PKR, 2,254,328; PAS, 1,633,389; DAP, 1,736,267; Independent, 86,935; STAR, 45,386; Berjasa, 31,835; SWP, 15,630; SAPP, 10,099; PCM, 2,129; Kita, 623; and Bersama, 257.
ReplyDelete"For the state legislative assembly seats, Barisan received 4,513,997 votes; PAS, 2,133,944; DAP, 1,442,298; PKR, 1,303,457; Independent, 67,129; STAR, 43,793; SAPP, 31,324; PSM, 8,136; Berjasa, 4,756; Kita, 1,791; Bersama, 823; and PCM, 216," he said.
ReplyDeleteKamaruddin said that of the 579 candidates who contested the state assembly seats, 128 candidates lost their election deposits, with Independent candidates forming the largest number totalling 75 people.
ReplyDeleteSeven DAP Indian grassroots leaders in Negri Sembilan have decided to support the Barisan Nasional.
ReplyDeleteThey also vowed to bring along their respective branch members to join BN soon and to go on a nationwide road show to inform other DAP members on their reason in discarding the party.
ReplyDeleteDAP Ladang Paroi branch vice-president A. David Dass said the BN has shown that it is serious in uplifting the Indian community.
ReplyDelete"I fully support the BN after seeing the coalition’s GE13 manifesto which will bring benefits to the Indian community.
ReplyDelete"Indian vote is the deciding factor in this general election," he said.
Present along with Dass were DAP Desa Dahlia branch chairman Richard Francis, DAP Desa Dahlia branch secretary S. Karthiyaini and its treasurer D. Jesudason, DAP Ladang Regent branch chairman M. Subramaniam and its secretary K. Chelvam, and DAP Ladang Paroi secretary K. Mahendran.
ReplyDeleteRepresenting the seven, Dass said the BN manifesto unlike the Pakatan Rakyat did not contain empty promises.
Dass said as they had decided to leave the party, they will begin a nationwide tour to explain and inform other party members as well as the public of the negative on goings in DAP.
ReplyDeleteDass adds that if they continue to remain in the DAP, they will surely be sacked and thus they had decided to leave the party.
ReplyDelete“We will announce a date for us along with our members to leave the party and call the media," he said.
No doubt it was a Chinese tsunami that swept across Penang on Sunday’s polling day. Pakatan Rakyat retained this island-state with an increase of one state seat to 30 against Barisan Nasional’s 10, all won by Umno.
ReplyDeleteBN compensated its one seat loss in Seberang Jaya by regaining Balik Pulau parliamentary seat, also by Umno.
ReplyDeleteLike the 2008 general election, MCA, Gerakan and MIC have all been wiped out yet again. Predictions that BN may give a closer fight this time was a false alarm.
It was a worse defeat for BN than in 2008 looking at size of majority gained by Pakatan winners, especially in Chinese areas.
ReplyDeleteWith just a stroke of a pen, the Chinese have sent a clear message to BN that they wanted the coalition out of their political system.
Humiliated state BN chairman Teng Chang Yeow, who lost in Bukit Tengah state constituency, took responsibility for the defeat and resigned immediately from his position.
ReplyDeleteHe had also quit as Gerakan secretary-general, noting that the Chinese had rejected his leadership and his party in Penang.
It is amazing to see the change of fortune of a party that once ruled Penang for 39 years.
ReplyDeleteIt is true that the Chinese tsunami wiped out Gerakan and MCA, enabling the DAP to emerge as champion of the community.
The main reason for the ethnic Chinese community to back Pakatan, especially the DAP in Penang, is their hatred against Umno and BN.
ReplyDeleteIt was clear in the run in to the election, Pakatan supporters, dominated by Chinese were in uncompromising mood.
ReplyDeleteTheir drive for “Ubah … Ini Kalilah” was beyond reasons. One can’t talk to them with justified reasons. They were simply not listening. They didn’t want to listen. They had made up their minds.
ReplyDeleteThey were unmoved no matter how much one exposed flaws, shortcomings and wrongdoings of Pakatan.
ReplyDeleteThey were confident that Anwar Ibrahim and company would capture the central government, and they were single-minded to change the central power.
ReplyDeleteFormer Gerakan and MCA assemblyman Lim Boo Chang said the Chinese got carried away and went for overkill after putting false hopes on Anwar. “Chinese voters believed Pakatan would capture the federal government,” he said
ReplyDeleteSome blamed the overdose of “IMalaysia” parties for two weeks for BN’s electoral debacle. But the Chinese tsunami was national phenomena, not just in Penang. The Chinese were feasting themselves, eating freely all food items, receiving angpows, goodies and lucky draw prizes at these parties.
ReplyDeleteBut on polling day, they voted against BN, and cast their ballots for DAP and company. Many are proud that they have outsmarted BN this time, fully satisfied with their revenge. But, what now after this? Some suggested that everyone put the election behind them and concentrate on national unity and socio-economic growth.
ReplyDeleteThey said winners and losers should never be carried away with the results. “Don’t over politicised the results. Stop the blame game. Don’t waste time and government resources in politicking,” were their wishes.
ReplyDeleteSome expressed concern that Penang may not be able to survive with an “opposition” state government for another term without the support of the federal government.
ReplyDeleteNaturally those who backed Pakatan hopes that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak government would not discriminate, isolate and sideline Penang.
ReplyDeleteThey are praying that Putrajaya would not resort to “punitive actions”. If Putrajaya punished Penangites, especially on fiscal policies, the Chinese here can be crippled.
The economically vibrant Chinese and “privileged” Malays may be able to survive for few more years but the downtrodden Indians would be the biggest victims.
ReplyDeleteSome said BN should do some soul-searching if it wants to win back the Chinese voters. They want BN to accept the people’s verdict and, be fair and just in its future policies.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time, some observers said the Chinese should also wake up and reflect on what they want. They said Chinese must see on what were their actual needs than mere material needs.
ReplyDeleteIt is also amazing and amusing to notice the anti-graft stance among Pakatan supporters who before the polls were hitting hard at BN as a corrupted entity that should be wiped out from the earth.
ReplyDeleteAfter polls, they suddenly and surprisingly expressed hopes that the DAP join the same “corrupted” BN to provide Chinese representation in the federal government.
ReplyDeleteReduced victory margins for Umno in certain seats and increased majority win for PKR candidates revealed the Malay backing to Pakatan, as suggested by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. Truth is most Malays voted for BN, PAS and PKR, not DAP. Malay support for BN in Penang is solid.
ReplyDeleteBut it has to find new allies to woo non-Malays as MCA, MIC and Gerakan look irrelevant. Hindraf could be an answer to woo Indians, but which entity is to woo the Chinese back to BN fold? Currently the DAP would be the best bet.
ReplyDeleteSome say it was all along the so-called multi-racial DAP’s tactic to stir Chinese sentiments to wipe out MCA and Gerakan, and to become sole Chinese representative in either Pakatan or BN federal government.
ReplyDeleteNow since, Pakatan has fall short of capturing Putrajaya, the DAP may need to review its role in the coalition. For Lim and company know that the DAP would be a lame duck state government for another term without BN’s federal support.
ReplyDeleteMoreover, the threat of deregistration looms large on the DAP, thanks to its own election glitch last December. Lim might just emulate his predecessor, the late Gerakan leader Dr Lim Chong Eu, who abandoned his opposition allies to join Najib’s father, Abdul Razak Hussein’s newly formed BN some 53 years ago
ReplyDeleteBut is the DAP ready to eat humble pie and join BN, which it had hammered all along for over 40-odd years? After all politics is an art of impossibilities becoming possibilities and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the DAP has accepted the results of the general election, it is questioning the marginal losses suffered by Pakatan Rakyat in 30 parliamentary seats which could have had a bearing on the outcome of the polls.
ReplyDeleteKetari DAP assemblyman Lee Chin Chen has condemned those using social networking sites to spread allegations of a blackout during tallying of votes on Sunday.
Lee said those responsible should stop spreading such allegations and advised the public against believing the purported incident.
“None of our aides or myself are involved in sending out any SMSes or uploading the incident of a blackout in the tallying centre. This is not the work of the DAP and I urge the police to investigate the matter,” he said.
Lee said that besides him, there were many other officials including police personnel and journalists who could verify the actual situation. He said that together with several aides, they arrived at the centre at about 9pm and left after 2am on Monday.
“The returning officer announced the winners for the state seats shortly after midnight and at about 1.30am, the result of the parliamentary constituency. There was definitely no blackout and I would like to reiterate that neither the party nor I had anything to do with stories of the alleged incident spread by certain quarters,” he said.
However, Lee said the DAP might file a petition against the results for the parliamentary seat due to other irregularities such as phantom voters but not on the incident of a blackout.
Meanwhile, Bentong OCPD Supt Mansor Mohd Nor said he was present during the entire process and there was no blackout.
“We will look into the matter if there is a report lodged against those spreading such allegations in social websites. The public should not believe such allegations as it could cause uneasiness and tension among the voters,” he said.
Ask DAP to join the cabinet as BN? Hurm
ReplyDeleteI think it is better to find a Gerakan or MCA man to represent the Chinese
ReplyDeleteBuat apa nak jemput diorang?
ReplyDeleteHanya kerana Gerakan dan MCA tak masuk kabinet bukan bermaksud kiamat pun
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is working
ReplyDeleteI bet this is somekind of tragic.
ReplyDeleteTiadakah calon lain yang lebih layak?
ReplyDeleteWait and see who will be the candidate.
ReplyDeleteLagipun masih ada untuk mengetahuinya
ReplyDeleteTunggu keputusan tertinggi macam mana.
ReplyDeleteMCA central executive committee member Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan has suggested for DAP to join Barisan Nasional (BN) in the interest of the Chinese community.
ReplyDeleteOng gave four suggestions for consideration. In his first, he cited DAP's support from the Chinese and win of 38 parliamentary seats.
ReplyDeleteOng said DAP should consider joining BN so the opposition party can represent the Chinese community's interest at the federal government level.
ReplyDeleteIf DAP rejects the suggestion, then the question that follows is if MCA will be part of the cabinet, the former local government and housing minister said.
ReplyDelete"Initially, MCA thought it could regain the Chinese support thus throwing out the issue of not joining the cabinet if the election result turned out to be poorer than the 2008 election.
ReplyDelete"(Unfortunately,)the outcome of May 5 election showed that things did turn out that way," Ong said.
ReplyDeleteHe continued, "hence, is MCA willing to bow down and (respond to) calls for presidential council meetings, central executive committee and extraordinary general meetings to overrule the resolution of not joining the cabinet?"
ReplyDeleteThe former MCA secretary-general who was re-elected as Tanjung Malim MP said if MCA insists on keeping to its word, then the third option for the Chinese community was to get the Chinese association representatives to join the government as senators.
ReplyDeleteThe fourth option, Ong said, is to let Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to appoint professionals into the cabinet to reflect a multi-racial composition. But the question is whether or not the professionals understand the Chinese' needs, he said.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile Perak DAP chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham rejected Ong's suggestion"DAP is a multi-racial party which emphasises on democracy. Its main duty is to protect the peoples' right and interest. The policies implemented by Umno is different from ours so it is not suitable for us to join BN," Ngeh said.
ReplyDeletePembentukan sebuah kerajaan tanpa wakil daripada kaum Cina tidak elok untuk negara berbilang kaum seperti Malaysia, kata Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad pada Selasa.
ReplyDeleteBeliau berkata, keputusan MCA yang tidak mahu sebarang jawatan di peringkat persekutuan dan negeri meletakkan Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam keadaan yang sukar.
ReplyDeleteBeliau mempersoalkan siapa akan mewakili kaum cina dalam kerajaan, jika tidak MCA sebagai salah satu parti komponen BN. "Adakah kita lupa mengenai mereka (MCA) sama sekali atau adakah kita mencari orang lain?
ReplyDeleteHakikatnya masih sama terdapat segelintir kaum cina menyokong kerajaan oleh itu mereka (MCA) memenangi tujuh kerusi Parlimen.
ReplyDeleteika tiada kaum Cina dalam kerajaan, situasi itu tidak elok untuk negara kerana kita sama-sama percaya perkongsian kuasa antara kaum" kata bekas Perdana Menteri itu.
ReplyDeleteDAP tidak mungkin akan join. Agenda tidak sehaluan.
ReplyDeleteMCA kalah teruk kali ini.
ReplyDeleteLebih baik MCA jkeluar sahaja dari BN.
ReplyDeleteIni cuma keputusan Chua, tidak semestikan kabinet lain akan ikut keputusan beliau.
ReplyDeleteKeputusan DAP di PRU13 memang mantap.
ReplyDeleteKetua Polis Perak Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan berkata polis tidak meluluskan permohonan bagi Perhimpunan Bantah 505 peringkat negeri Perak kerana tidak menepati syarat-syarat di bawah Akta Perhimpunan Awam.
ReplyDeleteBeliau berkata penganjur perhimpunan itu sepatutnya membuat permohonan kepada Ketua Polis Daerah Ipoh dalam tempoh 10 hari sebelum tarikh perhimpunan.
ReplyDelete"Jika Penganjur terus mengadakan perhimpunan maka itu akan jadi satu perhimpunan haram," katanya
ReplyDeleteMohd Shukri menasihatkan orang ramai agar tidak mengambil bahagian dalam perhimpunan tersebut di Medan Istana
ReplyDeleteBeliau berkata sehingga petang ini polis menerima 65 laporan daripada pelbagai pihak yang membantah penganjuran perhimpunan itu.
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