Comments for DAP wants Pakatan Rakyat to review PAS membership at http://www.malaysianbar.org.my , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:17:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/dap_wants_pakatan_rakyat_to_review_pas_membership.html#pc_7447 In fact, every Malaysian is waiting to see changes after the unprecedented March 8 electoral victory by the opposition. But, alas, many of us are now disappointed to see our 'saviours' still busy politicking rather than working towards realising their election promises. What about Local Government elections?,free-hold land titles?,...........?,......? People voted for DAP, PKR, PAS not because they are DAP, PKR or PAS; but because people want CHANGE, and CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. What is the use of DAP, PKR,PAS to the people who voted them in, if these parties are no different from B.N.?? Precisely now, people are seeing that DAP behaves and acts like MCA and PAS, like UMNO. People are beginning to ask: WHAT IS THE POINT? Ding Chu Teck - Ding Chu Teck Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:12:44 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/dap_wants_pakatan_rakyat_to_review_pas_membership.html#pc_7442 Almost every Malaysian would have thought that after the unprecedented landmark electoral verdict of March 8 this year, the Opposition parties would focus on ruling the five States and make them a model of what they can do. Instead, we are now witnessing certain Pas leaders "subverting" - for reasons best known to themselves - the very verdict that they are supposed to uphold. (Emphasis mine) Is this what Malaysian democracy is all about? Is this the best that these Opposition Pas leaders can do for the people who have voted for them? For the record, should Pas scuttle the Opposition Pakatan coalition, Penang will be left as the only State in Opposition hands. Kedah, Perak and probably Selangor will return to the National Front. For the record, right now, Kedah's 36 State seats are held by the National Front's Umno (12), MCA (1) Gerakan (1), and Pakatan's PAS (16), PKR (5 - including the Independent) and DAP (1). Perak's 59 State seats are held by the National Front's Umno (27), MCA (1), PAS (6), DAP (18) anmd PKR (7). In both Kedah and Perak, therefore, an entire switch by Pas means the respective majorities will tilt towards the National Front. Therefore, Pas is the king-maker in both these States. Meanwhile, Selangor's 56 State seats areby Umno (18), MCA (2), Pas (8), PKR (15) and DAP (13). An entire switch by Pas will spell a deadlock at 28 seats each. We need not f=have a fertile imagination to see where Selangor will go, given what has happened in Sabah in the last few years and what happened in 1969 when the ruling Alliance and the Opposition parites tied at 14 seats each in the then 28-seat Assembly. Perhaps, what the Opposition parties sorely need are coalition makers, not coalition breakers. Let the people judge. Meanwhile, I end with this Latin quotation: Veritas temporis filia (Truth is the daughter of time). Stephen Tan Ban Cheng - Stephen Tan Ban Cheng Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:58:19 +0100