Datuk Seri Syed Ali Alhabshee
As far as my memory stretches, all I can
remember is the promise Pakatan Rakyat made to the people of Malaysia to bring
about reforms and changes as a coalition, with a common platform.
They won handsomely in 2008, due to political campaigning and populist policies.
Shortly after that the cracks within the three parties started appearing. And while Pakatan Rakyat promised national reforms, they struggled to iron out the sticking points in their coalition.
Obviously the mainly Chinese party, DAP, saw red over Islamists PAS' push for an Islamic agenda, and in particular the hudud law.
Inability to talk things through saw Pakatan Rakyat going to the polls again in 2013, as a deeply divided coalition.
And now the coalition is on the brink of a break-up. But yet, none in Pakatan Rakyat has the courage to openly call it quits and find a new platform to serve the rakyat.
PAS says it will not engage with DAP but will still stay in the coalition. PKR has largely kept mum and DAP clearly wants PAS to leave.
In Malaysia, people tend to vote for the party as opposed to the candidate. Anger over what was deemed as UMNO's failure tipped the balance of scales to the federal Opposition.
We in UMNO are not perfect. Yes, we made mistakes. But we admit our flaws and are working at rectifying them. We have not fabricated who we are just to win votes. The Opposition coalition has.
Pakatan Rakyat's focus was solely on capturing Putrajaya, at whatever cost. As such, they had no time to work out their ideological differences that has now driven a deep wedge right down the middle.
And they are still pussy-footing and playing pucks with the people.
How could Pakatan Rakyat serve the rakyat on a common platform after a huge public display of anger by the DAP and PAS?
The left of centre DAP went after PAS with a vengeance and its top leader plus Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, even closed off all communication channels with PAS over differences relating to the implementation of the hudud law.
If I remember right, didn't PAS always say hudud was on its agenda?
Did Pakatan Rakyat lie to the people by saying it has actually agreed on a common manifesto, which would be respected by all three parties?
Is Pakatan Rakyat hoodwinking the people by staying in a "coalition", which does not even exist anymore?
And more importantly, is the Opposition fair to the Malaysians, who trusted them and voted for them?
They won handsomely in 2008, due to political campaigning and populist policies.
Shortly after that the cracks within the three parties started appearing. And while Pakatan Rakyat promised national reforms, they struggled to iron out the sticking points in their coalition.
Obviously the mainly Chinese party, DAP, saw red over Islamists PAS' push for an Islamic agenda, and in particular the hudud law.
Inability to talk things through saw Pakatan Rakyat going to the polls again in 2013, as a deeply divided coalition.
And now the coalition is on the brink of a break-up. But yet, none in Pakatan Rakyat has the courage to openly call it quits and find a new platform to serve the rakyat.
PAS says it will not engage with DAP but will still stay in the coalition. PKR has largely kept mum and DAP clearly wants PAS to leave.
In Malaysia, people tend to vote for the party as opposed to the candidate. Anger over what was deemed as UMNO's failure tipped the balance of scales to the federal Opposition.
We in UMNO are not perfect. Yes, we made mistakes. But we admit our flaws and are working at rectifying them. We have not fabricated who we are just to win votes. The Opposition coalition has.
Pakatan Rakyat's focus was solely on capturing Putrajaya, at whatever cost. As such, they had no time to work out their ideological differences that has now driven a deep wedge right down the middle.
And they are still pussy-footing and playing pucks with the people.
How could Pakatan Rakyat serve the rakyat on a common platform after a huge public display of anger by the DAP and PAS?
The left of centre DAP went after PAS with a vengeance and its top leader plus Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, even closed off all communication channels with PAS over differences relating to the implementation of the hudud law.
If I remember right, didn't PAS always say hudud was on its agenda?
Did Pakatan Rakyat lie to the people by saying it has actually agreed on a common manifesto, which would be respected by all three parties?
Is Pakatan Rakyat hoodwinking the people by staying in a "coalition", which does not even exist anymore?
And more importantly, is the Opposition fair to the Malaysians, who trusted them and voted for them?
Datuk why must bother to whatever happen to pr. even if pr is weak and in midst of breaking up, umno is still much weaker and not in position to seize the opportunity. stop talking about pr, think how to minimise the impact if losing pru14....
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