Johor DAP chief says the massive losses is a watershed moment for Malaysian politics, an 'earthquake no less'.
defeat in the Tanjung Piai by-election could mark the start of the coalition's end but is also a chance for a new beginning, says Johor DAP chief Liew Chin Tong.
"It is my hope that the listening tour by leaders will result in some forms of a New Deal and a turnaround plan for execution in 2020 to regain public confidence," he said. "The danger that the Harapan government will face is that there will be views that the coalition is not viable and needs immediate replacement.
"Such racial framing is dangerous and has been proven in the Tanjung Piai by-election that we lost on both Malay and non-Malay fronts and can be broken in the middle," he said."We must accept that the democratic uprising on May 9, 2018 means that everyone feels that they have full democratic rights to vote for anyone, and there aren’t fixed deposits for anyone. Almost everyone is a swing voter.
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