Winnable candidates?

by drrafick

1. Winnable candidate is the term that was coined by Najib since he took office. He has repeatedly stress this to all BN component party on the need to ensure a good win. Obviously what are the criteria to be a winnable candidate to urban, semi urban and rural areas are different as the need for the subset population varies. In a rural setting the choice of candidate is secondary to the flag as many tend to vote a party rather than a candidate. It is sad but reality is the voters don’t really know the candidate.
   

2. In an urban setting is the choice of candidates relevant? This is a question that I asked myself repeatedly but could not come to any decent conclusion. However I sensed that in an urban setting, the real interest among the educated and political aware people is that they are concerned about issues. Right now unfortunately, we see that BN is implementing micro solutions is addressing issues and this micro solutions are publicized in a big way. Unfortunately in the urban setting, the people can see that this has little impact.
   

3. There are many examples out there. Let me highlight some of it. The issue of “legally stealing” from the government coffers is a big deal with the people but this has not been addressed. The independence of the judiciary and the AG has not been addressed as well. Over the years, it becomes clearer that the AG and the judiciary generally are not independent. Within the judiciary there are good judges that make sound judgment against the government and we can see that their career progression is stagnated.
   

4. Our healthcare system is packed and the issue of quality of service and accessibility is not addressed in a holistic manner. Instead the government opted for Klinik 1M where it is open for the sake of winning heart and minds of the people but not really addressing the needs. How many of us realized that the government Klinik 1M has no doctors but operates like a GP clinic and has a Capex of 3X more than a GP setting? It has an Opex of 2X of the GP run clinics. It would be a long list if I want to write all of them down. Yet the accessibility and delivery of quality healthcare is not being addressed.
   

5. It appears that unless, BN field a vocal candidates with freedom of expression, I see very little chance of any BN candidates would be a winnable candidate in an urban setting. Other than KJ on occasional basis, do we see any other BN candidates that seem to question the relevant issues on hand? How does BN expect to field a winnable candidate when the potentials have not spoken on issues? What is clear is that those that spoke against relevant issues where the government is not addressing it will be censured. For that they prefer to follow the stream and not ruffling feathers as that is the only route to be a candidate. I hope BN leadership will not only open their eyes but their heart as well in finding winnable candidates.