Well the results are in. The BN won both Sg Besar and Kuala Kangsar with much larger majorities.
Referring news from last nite, in Sg Besar the BN secured over 10,572 votes, PAS 4,507 votes and Amanah 4,323. Barisan's majority is 6,065 votes.
In Kuala Kangsar, Barisan 12,332 votes, PAS 5,634, Amanah 4,865, and Independent 58. Barisan's majority is 6,698.
Voter turnout was about 70%. The Chinese votes swung back to the Barisan. Or did it really?
In Kuala Kangsar, Barisan 12,332 votes, PAS 5,634, Amanah 4,865, and Independent 58. Barisan's majority is 6,698.
Voter turnout was about 70%. The Chinese votes swung back to the Barisan. Or did it really?
PAS barely managed to better newcomer Amanah in Sg Besar by just 184 votes. In Kuala Kangsar PAS secured only 769 votes more than Amanah.
Considering Amanah is such a new comer (breakaway faction from PAS) it shows that many former PAS supporters and others voted for Amanah. This was a fairly successful first time outing for Amanah.
Clearly the voters have rejected Hadi Awang's stupidity and mindless leadership. Nobody wants Hadi's hudud. Hadi best take his hudud, roll it up and place it where the sun never shines.
If the PAS has any brains left, they should get rid of Hadi, drop the really stupid idea of their version of hudud, mend their fences with Amanah, mend their fences with the DAP and provide a proper unified platform for the voters. PAS association with UMNO has cost them dearly. Former PAS voters supported either UMNO or Amanah.
Surely UMNO has cleverly outmanouevred PAS. Now PAS is weaker and more dependent on UMNO.
The cleverest voters were the Chinese. The two Parliamentary seats were BN. So it does not make any difference.
When Badawi lost the 2/3 majority in 2008 and Tun Dr Mahathir was rooting to get rid of Badawi, the DAP (the late Karpal and Lim Kit Siang) both said that Badawi should be left alone to continue as Prime Minister. This is because with Badawi as PM, the BN would have lost 2013. Kicking out Badawi in 2009 and replacing him with Najib perhaps saved the BN from total annihilation in 2013. (Unfortunately, yes unfortunately) we did not know about the RM2.6 billion then.)
But to the disappointment of the anti BN Chinese, Dr Mahathir was able to oust Badawi.
The same situation prevails now. Tun Dr Mahathir is trying his best to get rid of Najib because Najib is really, really bad for the country. If Najib prevails, the BN will also lose the next GE14. Dont be fooled by these two by-elections in KK and Sg Besar. The crooks poured millions of Ringgit into both places.
Dr Mahathir has been completely straight forward. The BN can be saved if Najib is kicked out now. The BN will get a new PM, UMNO will appoint Muhyiddin to take over from Najib and there is a fighting chance for reform. This is Dr Mahathir's hope. He has said it quite plainly.
This time the Chinese in KK and Sg Besar have turned down Dr Mahathir. They would rather have Najib prevail as PM and drive the country completely into the ground by 2018. The stealing also will not stop. On the contrary the stealing will increase in speed. Come 2018, the economy will be a skeleton. Then the BN will get kicked out. This is what the Chinese want to happen ultimately. It is in the interests of the Chinese to see the BN prevail until 2018. Hence the large Chinese turnout.
Dr Mahathir wants to kick out Najib now so that his beloved UMNO and its Malay political power will prevail. The Chinese are well aware of that.
This is a democracy. The ballot decides who rules. Whether it is a good decision or not cannot be gauarnteed by the ballot. Democracies make horrible mistakes too.
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