So what is it then?

In the run-up to the 13th General Election, the Chinese were boldly and proudly screaming that this time around the Chinese are going to unite and vote against Barisan Nasional. This time we are going to see a Chinese Tsunami, bigger than the 2008 Tsunami. Expect more than 90% of the Chinese voters to swing to Pakatan Rakyat, they kept repeating again and again.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Umno won 79 parliamentary seats in 2008. This time around it won 88 seats.

MCA, MIC and Gerakan won 20 parliamentary seats in 2008. This time around they won only 12 seats.

So the total for Umno, MCA, MIC and Gerakan this time around is 100 seats compared to 99 in 2008, an increase of one seat.

The balance of the seats were won by the East Malaysian Barisan Nasional component members who won 140 seats minus 99 (or 41 seats) in 2008 and 133 seats minus 100 (or 33 seats) this time around, a reduction of 8 seats -- while Umno saw an increase of 9 seats and MCA, MIC and Gerakan saw a reduction of also 8 seats. 

Umno also won 244 state seats out of the 505 seats being contested (or 48.32% of the state seats) this time around compared to 239 state seats in 2008, an increase of 5 seats.

In the run-up to the 13th General Election, the Chinese were boldly and proudly screaming that this time around the Chinese are going to unite and vote against Barisan Nasional. This time we are going to see a Chinese Tsunami, bigger than the 2008 Tsunami. Expect more than 90% of the Chinese voters to swing to Pakatan Rakyat, they kept repeating again and again.

They even declared that the Chinese Tsunami is going to beat the Indian Tsunami of 2008. They also whacked the Malays and asked the ‘stupid Malays’ to wake up and discard the subsidy mentality and discard the ‘crutches mentality’ that the New Economic Policy has created. Either the Malays join the Chinese to kick out Barisan Nasional or get left behind, warned the Chinese.

Now Umno is also calling it a Chinese Tsunami, just like what the Chinese were screaming about over the last year or two since Bersih 2.0 and Bersih 3.0. But the Chinese resent Umno calling it a Chinese Tsunami. The Chinese can call it that. The Chinese have been calling it that since Bersih 2.0. But Umno must not call it that.

So what is it then?

Pakatan Rakyat is alleging that the 5th May 2013 general election was fraudulent. Have they compiled the evidence and will they be filing Election Petitions in court like what we did in 1999, 2004 and 2008 (which I was personally involved in doing)?

I am sure there are hundreds of video recordings considering that almost everyone (if not everyone) has a mobile phone and all mobile phones nowadays can take pictures and video clips. That would be the only way to get the 2013 general election declared null and void and for fresh elections or by-elections to be held all over Malaysia. 

Pakatan Rakyat refuses to recognise the 2013 general election. That is good. After all, 10 years ago back in 2003 I already asked the opposition to boycott the 2004 general election. Now they can boycott the results -- just as good. And that would mean they should not get sworn in as Members of Parliament or State Assemblypersons or else people will say we now recognise the election.

Let me put it this way. We do not recognise Israel so we do not talk to them or have diplomatic relations with them or set up an embassy in their country plus our citizens cannot travel to that country. We do not deal with them in any way whatsoever. Period!

Hence if we join the government as opposition Members of Parliament or opposition State Assemblypersons, or worse, we form the state governments, that would mean we recognise the election and consider ourselves duly and legally elected into office.

So what is it then?