While the Tanjung Piai by-election offers a lifeline to the MCA and the BN, it shows yet again that the people are very unhappy with the slow progress made by the PH in fulfilling its promises of structural reforms and economic well-being. FMTNews PH BN
The victory of Wee Jeck Seng in the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election appears to have thrown a lifeline to both the MCA and the Barisan Nasional.
Now, it has one more voice. But if it expects Umno or the recently-formed Umno-PAS alliance to listen to it, the MCA will be sadly mistaken. If the party expects Umno and PAS to tone down on talk of ketuanan Melayu or Muslim supremacy, it will be mistaken. For the equally decimated BN, the victory is a lifeline, too. It can continue brandishing its multiracial, multireligious image – despite the fact that it is now made up only of Umno, MCA and MIC and despite the fact that the MCA has two MPs and the MIC one, and Umno 37.
The PH promised to repeal several laws that impact on the democratic space of citizens but has since reneged on them or is dragging its feet. Increasingly, people are saying that PH chairman Mahathir is to blame for this.
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