Christmas is about a fortnight away but the chief of UMNO offshoot Perkasa, Ibrahim Ali, is already humming the much loved "You Better Watch Out" song.
He has proudly declared that he would be the ‘kingmaker’ in the 13th general election.
“You can say I am the 'kingmaker' but Perkasa has over 300,000 members. In state seats, we have at least 300 to 400 members or more than 1,000 members. In parliament seats, we have 3,000 to 4,000 in each district, so our votes are important,” he was quoted as saying by Malay daily Sinar Harian.
As such, the fervent UMNO loyalist and Pasir Mas member of parliament has this warning to all political parties:
“Don’t only think that votes from others are important, and Perkasa is not important," he said, and went on to invoke the Malay saying "yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendong tercicir" (lit. "The pursued is not acquired, the held is dropped").
The right wing group, which has yet to prove its membership strength other than the dozens of members who turned up for a 'walk' in 2011 to counter the mammoth Bersih rally in Kuala Lumpur, will be holding its fourth annual congress this Saturday.
According to Ibrahim, while Perkasa is neutral in politics [sic], it has for the sake of Malays decided to support Barisan Nasional.
-Harakahdaily
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