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Word that PM Najib Razak will call for a snap general election has been circulating for months. Surely we too have heard about it. Some folks claiming to be in the know even spell out details. Like the PM was toying the idea of calling for state election in Perak first as an “acid test. Some were even willing to wage their last ringgit that the PM wanted the Sarawak state election to be held first. BN wins there convincingly and the GE this side of Malaysia will be staged soon after. And the coalition is set to win big in the peninsula. Sort of riding the wave of success. That’s what the “in the know” folks say. And they went on to give dates even. And many say the GE will be in early 2010, probably in April, although election is not due until 2013.

Maybe these “in the know” folks are overrating themselves a little bit too high. Maybe they got their theory and speculation wrong. Maybe. But what’s wrong if Najib wants to hold GE early? What’s wrong if he wants to have his own mandate from the people? After all leaders want that. They don’t want to live or carry on with mandate given by the people to previous leaders. So there’s nothing wrong if Najib wants the rakyat’s endorsement for him, his policy, his style .That being the case, then early polls in store.

Question is – is Najib confident to call for a snap polls? Chances are he is. He has been saying the right things. Doing the right things. Internationally and domestically. Example. The economic stimulus package, the KPI, the KPI open day where the PM has invited the rakyat to come and give input. Then there’s the chance to buy low cost flats for the lower income group. And don’t forget the reforms in UMNO with the party about to launch a get close to the people campaign. The people’s anger in Perak seems to have subsided. Also mouth watering must surely be the state of affairs in the Pakatan Rakyat, even though the situation is not as juicy now compared to few months ago. Still there enough factors to put the BN on a high.

So with all that going for him and the BN what’s there to stop the PM from an early election ? The answer is clear for all to see. The MCA is one hindrance if not the obstacle. You don’t need to be a political genius to know that. Right? You don’t have to a political genius to read the message by the PM and his deputy to the MCA. You don’t have to be a political pundit to know they want the MCA crisis to end fast and why.

Muhyiddin Yassin the BN No.2 didn’t minced words when he said if he was a Chinese he too would not want to vote for the MCA now. Words don’t get any stronger than that.

Do the MCA, leaders and members know all this? Of course they do. Do they want a way out of their political mess? Of course they do. But much as they want they can’t. Day in and day out we see the crisis worsen. The more so called peace plan and solution put forward the worst the crisis become.

Can the warring factions push aside their differences? Let by gone be by gone? For the sake of party, race and country? In all honesty, no. They are at the deep end, gone too far to retreat, to reconcile. So does this mean the MCA crisis will never end? Not really. Like all crisis it will end. Like all things bad, it will pass. Question is when? Not anytime soon. That is not good news for the BN top leadership obviously.

The next best thing is for the MCA factions to strike some sort of a compromise. Temporary even. Or pardon the expression, come up with a charade to show or at least give the impression everything’s OK and back to normal. All is forgiven. Everyone lives happily ever after. Like a fairy tale ending.

Having done that, they must hope and pray that the rakyat believe the crisis has really ended with a fairy tale happy ending. Hope and pray hard. We know all too well that many of us rakyat do not believe fairy tales. The Chinese in particular.

MySinchew 2009.12.16