Political will can break ‘green wave’ at eastern shores

 

From Clement Stanley

The elections in six states have come and gone. I could not help but see the similarities between the PAS successes and the advance of Nazi Germany across western Europe in the Second World War.

Country after country fell until the Germans occupied France. However, they did not or could not cross the English Channel to Great Britain.

Just as the English Channel kept the Germans at bay, so too will the South China Sea keep PAS away from Sabah and Sarawak.

PAS has been moving towards central Malaya and southwards with its brand of politics based on race and religion and nothing else and even has a foothold in Penang, a feat hitherto seemingly impossible to achieve.

In Sabah, PAS has a token nominated assemblyman who is merely a benchwarmer after no more than a kind gesture as PAS candidates end up losing their deposits in any Sabah state assembly election.

Even worse for PAS, its politicians from West Malaysia are kept out of the state by the very bold and brave Sarawak government.

I wrote about Sabah and Sarawak as the last line of defence against the “green tsunami” in December last year, and called for more seats for Sabah and Sarawak in March.

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Sabah and Sarawak do not practice the politics of race and religion. We never will. We do not resort to such divisive and dubious practices.

The unity government of Anwar Ibrahim has the power to give us what we are entitled, in line with the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

If East Malaysians have one-third of all parliamentary seats, we can be the last line of defence for concerned Malaysians. Anyone wanting to form the federal government will need the support of 73 MPs from Sabah and Sarawak instead of the current 56.

It can be done because the unity government now has a safe two-thirds majority.

This article might again fall on deaf ears in Putrajaya. Lest you forget, fortune favours the brave. - FMT

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Clement Stanley is an FMT reader.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.