Another ‘we don’t need you’ syndrome

My question to RPK and his cohort, which I voiced before: WHO ART THOU THAT THE OPPOSITION LEADER MUST ANSWER TO YOU? You are merely NGO activists who use all sorts of changing platforms -- Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia, People’s Parliament, MCLM, etc., now trying to “hijack ABU”? -- to suit your agenda and think you are at the same level and status as an Opposition Leader? Hey, you are not even at the same level as Tian, at least he is a current MP, and had served as PKR information and strategy chief capacities, now an “elected” Vice-president.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Remember when Umno Penang told the Chinese that they do not need Chinese votes? The Chinese can go back to China, they said, because with just the Malay votes they can win the election and form the government.

And remember Ali Rustam telling the non-Malays at the PPP convention in Melaka the same thing? The non-Malays are not crucial and they can leave Barisan Nasional, said Ali Rustam, because Umno can win the election and form the government without the non-Malays.

Both those incidences caused a huge brouhaha and Barisan Nasional may have to pay dearly for that in the next general election.

Sometimes Umno and Barisan Nasional never cease to amaze me. Their arrogance is so thick you can cut it with a knife. I wonder whether they have a death wish or what. If this is not harakiri then I don’t know what is.

But Umno can afford to be arrogant. They are, after all, the federal government and they are pretty confident they will remain the federal government for a long, long time to come. With the Elections Commission (SPR), police, army, civil service, PEKIDA, PERKASA, etc., on their side, how can they go wrong? And with more than two million postal and ‘phantom’ votes already in the ballot box, Pakatan Rakyat needs to garner two million votes just to break even.

And even breaking-even is not enough because even if Pakatan Rakyat wins 50% of the votes that still only give them 40% of the seats. And with two million votes already in the bag it is an uphill battle for Pakatan Rakyat to garner 60% of the votes to give them a simple majority in Parliament. Yes, even then it will still be a simple majority and not a two-thirds majority.

As I said, I can understand why Umno is so cocksure and arrogant. They can afford to be arrogant because they are so sure of retaining the government. But can PKR also adopt the same attitude as Umno? Is PKR also that cocksure it is going to take the government come next election?

This is what ‘Suara Tian Chua’ a.k.a. Malaysia Chronicle said today:

My question to RPK and his cohort, which I voiced before: WHO ART THOU THAT THE OPPOSITION LEADER MUST ANSWER TO YOU? You are merely NGO activists who use all sorts of changing platforms -- Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia, People’s Parliament, MCLM, etc., now trying to “hijack ABU”? -- to suit your agenda and think you are at the same level and status as an Opposition Leader? Hey, you are not even at the same level as Tian, at least he is a current MP, and had served as PKR information and strategy chief capacities, now an “elected” Vice-president.

Amboi! Sombongnya Cina pendek YL Chong ni! Ini macam kacang dah lupa kulit!

Hello…..who am I? I am the rakyatlah, bangang! And the rakyat decides whether you get to become, as you said, ‘THE CURRENT MP’ or not. Of course the Opposition Leader must answer to the rakyat. Even the Prime Minister must answer to the rakyat. Baru jadi Opposition Leader, belum jadi PM, dah angkuh. ‘WHO ART THOU THAT THE OPPOSITION LEADER MUST ANSWER TO YOU?’ konon.

If this is how you PKR chaps think then it is going to be a tough election ahead of you. The Malay voters are already shunning the ‘Chinese clique’ in PKR. In fact, many Malays prefer DAP to the Chinese in PKR. Even when DAP opposes Hudud and the Islamic State the Malays still prefer DAP to the PKR Chinese. And no need to even mention the Chinese voters. They prefer DAP even more and have nothing nice to say about the Chinese in PKR.

It has taken a long time to convince the Malays that they should not vote along racial lines. What’s wrong if the Malays vote for Chinese candidates? In fact, what’s wrong even if Islamic parties like PAS field non-Muslim candidates?

Yes, we have come a long way -- from 1978 to 2008, to be exact, 30 years. It took us 30 years to convince the Malay voters to set aside parochial and racial interests in the interest of a united non-race based opposition coalition (I do not even want to use the word ‘multi-racial’, which is still racial).

Yes, we know of the existence of the ‘Chinese clique’ in PKR. Even DAP and PAS know of it. And do you know what is very ironical? The DAP people prefer the Malays in PAS to the Chinese in PKR. Don’t believe me? Then ask them!

I have been told by many of my Chinese friends that they have no problems voting for PAS in spite of all this talk of Hudud and Islamic State. But if the have to choose between a Chinese candidate from PKR and a candidate from Barisan Nasional, they will either vote Barisan or will not bother to vote at all.

So, janganlah bongkak sangat. WHO ART THOU THAT THE OPPOSITION LEADER MUST ANSWER TO YOU? Even Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak does not dare say that.