HARAPAN ; Too Little , Too Late

TWO weeks ago, the Malaysian media would have you believe that READ : Pakatan Harapan will win in Kuala Kubu Bahru, with a 4,000 majority.

I however, had opined differently, on the basis of a lack of leadership, a lack of political strategy a double speak in communications, and the non Chinese people's dislike for Nga Kor Meng, makes Perikatan Nasional the favourites to win this by election.

READ :  March 30 2024, A litmus test for DAP at Kuala Kubu Bharu

READ : NOW even Perikatan Nasional believes victory in possible

READ : Love for PH, will run off from the back door, when sub standardness walks through the front door

READ : Pakatan's techniques are out dated

SINCE then, the mass media too seems to have a change of heart, with Malaysiakini stating READ : PN in the driver's seat to give PH a bloody nose at Kuala Kubu Bahru while Free Malaysia Today is reporting VIEW : Nga KO Meng is going to cost the DAP the Kuala Kubu Bharu seat.

I would just like to point out , one bit which Malaysiakini missed out, which is actually the root cause of the Tamil people of the Hindu faith had actually started to move away from Pakatan Harapan.

SOME may call it childish, but the real reason which kick started all the other factors of the Indian dissatisfaction has its roots in VIEW :Anwar Ibrahim missing the Deepavali celebrations for the OIC meeting to discuss the Hamas/Israeli issue.

I might be wrong on the following facts, but as far as I can recall, never in the history of Malaysia, has the Prime Minister not been in the country during Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Christmas or Deepavali celebrations.

I doubt many would recall, but back in February 2023, I  had written READ : HARAPAN will lose big in the Selangor state elections, if it did not approve a new EPF withdrawal scheme.

THE  Unity Government, stuck with its guns on not allowing any EPF withdrawal scheme and ended up nearly losing its underwear in Selangor to Perikatan National.

THIS time, however there is a no questions asked EPF withdrawal scheme , called the account three, but I believe that the current scheme has come in at the wrong time and on strategy wise it's going to place the Unity Government in a very defensive place.

PEOPLE are bound to ask this simple, if the economy is doing so well like how Rafizi Ramli and Fahmi Fadzil claim they are, then why is there a need now for a new EPF scheme? 

IT doesn't make sense, and communication wise, the perception build up closer to polling day will be the Government of the day is not being honest with us.

I said it, now Muhyiddin Yassin echoes it, makes peace with UMNO's Zahid Hamidi.

THE Malaysian political wheels are now officially in the spin, and there's no telling  who that its NAMING.

WILL the first one now, latter be the last ?, only time will tell but if history is a reliable character witness, then he that gets hurt, will be the one who has stalled.

THREE days ago, I had written in READ :Kaduk Naik Junjung, that the challenge to the current Pakatan Harapan Government is not one due to policy differences with the opposition but rather due to a lack of leadership from the top to the bottom.

SOME 72 hours latter, Perikatan Nasional's leader Muhyiddin Yassin, has called for VIEW : for Anwar Ibrahim to do the honourable thing for the sake of Malaysia, due to a perceived lack of leadership by not only the Prime Minister but also from his core team in the cabinet.

THE core team includes Fahmi Fadzil, Rafizi Ramli and Muhamad Sabu, among others. 

IN a move that it bound to oscallate suspicious minds, in a Facebook posting written an hour ago, READ : Muhyiddin Yassin wrote for the sake of Malaysia, he and Zahid Hamidi, the UMNO President and current Deputy Prime have agreed to bury their legal hachet.

IN the Malaysian politics of today, there is no line drawn in stone..  that curse, it is CAST 

Pakatan Harapan Walking On Thin Ice

PAKATAN Harapan, the dominant party in the existing Government, has a death wish : the desire to self destruct.

THROUGH out this week, what has been coming out from team Pakatan Harapan is that they do not know how to govern and their techniques are out dated

THIS not coming from those against Pakatan Harapan but rather via it's own leadership in the public space, albeit sub consciously.

TAKE  for instance , Razifi Ramli's jaw dropping statement READ : the increase that happened on the stock market (without us realising it) like today confirms that our economy will continue to strengthen,

WITH a statement like with us realising it, by  economic minister, certainly is a confidence breaker, as much as it validates what  businesses  has been saying. READ : Rafizi has done nothing concrete to improve economy, says employers federation.

RAFIZI Ramli's narrative that getting Government funds to use tax payers money to buy shares on Bursa Malaysia, which foreigners no longer want is so outdated, that it makes Pakatan Harapan look like a partner, the public can afford to trust.

THE minimal truth should have been, the economy is not very great but rather it is not very bad either .

THE numbers are there to validate it. READ :Malaysia's 2024 Corporate earnings growth of 17 per cent is just decent. What is robust is South Korea growth, poised to grow 300 times faster than Malaysia.

AND then we have the  DAP, which could have shed it's skin off , from the perception  that it remains a Chinese centric chauvinist party by nominating a non Chinese party for the Kuala Kubu Baru by election.

INSTEAD,  what the DAP has done, one suspect on purpose was to nominate READ : Pang Sock Tao, the press secretary of Nga Kor Ming,  when , the party is aware the Nga Kor Ming  brand name is very low and not liked among Malays, which covers  up to 50 per cent of the voter base.

BASICALLY,  the DAP has intentionally placed a candidate  that it knows will not win in the Kuala Kubu Baru by election.

AS  a unit, Pakatan Harapan looks like a team without a strategist and a game plan. Team Pakatan Harapan, seems to have the mindset of a teenager, failing to realise, there will be consequences if Muhyiddin Yassin and Abdul Hadi Awang get back into power.

BOTH have seen their respective son in laws, being actively pursued by the MACC