By Wong Chun Wai, The Star
Of a 222 parliamentary seats, usually 46 have been Chinese majority. So winning a hearts as good as minds of Malay electorate has become a concentration of a competing Malay-based parties.
WHEN Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin voiced that a supervision had decided to scrap a PPSMI (teaching of Maths as good as Science in English policy) in primary schools, there was loud outrage from a urbanites.
This unhappiness has one after another with most urban electorate refusing to accept a reasons since by a Education Minister, believing instead that governing body is a reason behind a decision.
There were pointed threats of punishing a Barisan Nasional supervision in a polls though PAS as good as PKR, both Malay-based parties, additionally fast settled their mount opposite stability a policy.
A Malay non-governmental organisation, Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM), had revealed that a consult of 27,200 parents, often Malays, found 55% longed for a PPSMI to be retained compared to usually 13% who didn't. Of these respondents, 15,000 were farming parents. But Malay groups, as good as certainly Malay-based parties, had found their own surveys revelation them a opposite.
With a general election looming, winning a hearts as good as minds of a predominantly Malay electorate has become a concentration of a competing Malay-based parties.
The fact is that of a 222 parliamentary seats, usually 46 have been Chinese infancy as good as there is not even a single constituency with an Indian majority.
The three categorical parties, Umno, PAS as good as PKR, have all stepped up their posturing as defenders of a Malay/Muslim votes, good wakeful that whilst they need a await of a alternative communities, they cannot ignore a sentiments of a Malay voters.
So when DAP broadside arch Tony Pua pronounced tha! t if! Pak ata n Rakyat shaped a next sovereign government, it would trim down a polite service infancy of whom have been Malays his allies had to scramble to do damage control.
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as good as senior PAS leaders had to fast douse a fire, denying that there was such a plan.
The antithesis leaders have been upon tenterhooks since a fiasco by PAS deputy boss Mohamed Sabu, who allegedly described communist guerrillas concerned in a 1950s Bukit Kepong situation as freedom fighters.
With most Malay family groups having during least a single relative in a police, army or alternative uniformed unit, Mat Sabu's remarks price a Pakatan Rakyat a huge chunk of votes. Since then, a usually fiery orator has remained quiet, as good as PAS is hoping that a annoy opposite him will shortly die out.
The Islamist party has additionally abandoned a attempt to project a more magnanimous picture as good as has gone back to articulate about hudud laws as good as a Islamic state as good as banning concerts to retain a core supporters.
As for Anwar, upon a a single hand, he is revelation his Chinese assembly that hudud laws have been not partial of Pakatan's policy. On a other, he is revelation a Malay assembly that he backs a doing of hudud laws, putting a DAP in a mark as PAS has pronounced it couldn't care less if a DAP agrees or not.
The DAP seems to be helpless over a issue with a leaders saying they have "agreed to disagree" over a doing of hudud laws. PAS claims it would not start non-Malays though this is a misconception because it will magnify over family as good as religious laws.
In criminal matters, when a box involves a Muslim as good as a non-Muslim, if hudud is chosen, it will clearly put a latter in a spot. One e.g. is sex offences where 4 witnesses have been required.
Only D AP counsel Karpal Singh seems to admit a difficult path ahead.
The fight over Malay votes has one after another with DAP's Lim Guan Eng coming out to contend that if Pakatan wins, ! Anwar wi ll be a prime minister. It is a move to reduce fright between non-Muslim electorate as PAS is eyeing a post.
There has been muted response from PAS as it is an open tip that a boss Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang wants to be PM.
Lim has insisted that Anwar would be PM "even if he is in prison (if convicted for sodomy charges)", though a indicate is, if Anwar is going to be PM, afterwards he wouldn't be in jail.
Most non-Muslims wouldn't wink over a Seksualiti Merdeka issue as they have been wakeful that a eventuality is not a happy orgy as claimed by a little media.
Many of us find a excitable reaction to be lacking compassion as good as even ridiculous, though this is a stupid season. It was a box of wrong timing as good as domestic naivete upon a partial of a organisers. After all, a eventuality has been hold for a past two years but any controversy.
But tellurian rights counsel Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, who was invited to open a forum, is seen as an antithesis figure, as good as with Anwar's sodomy hearing coming to a conclusion soon, a timing could not have been worse.
Well wakeful of a Muslim psyche as good as sentiments, PAS quickly assimilated in to criticize a happy rights event.
The much-touted 11.11.11 date, that most thought would see a retraction of Parliament, is over as good as with Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak himself saying that polls would not be hold this year, a run-up debate looks set to be a draggy affair.
Even now, a posturing, rhetoric, accusations as good as lies have been apropos tiresome, as good as a polls could still be very distant away, presumably in mid-2012.
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