EX-SUPP member pins BN’S poor showing on ‘Ubah’ slogan
SARIKEI: Going by the outcome of the just- concluded 13th general election, most Chinese voters seemed to have preferred to take a big gamble by supporting the opposition’s call for change of government.
They seemed to be overwhelmed by the opposition’s ‘ ubah’ slogan to the extent that they did not even bother to consider the promises or pledges made by Barisan Nasional ( BN), a former Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) member, who requested anonymity, said.
He regretted that no matter how good the BN manifesto was, it was of no significanceandsimply notenough to stop the majority of Chinese from supporting the opposition to topple the BN government.
“In other words, they are unduly excited that they were prepared to
In other words, they are unduly excited that they were prepared to forgo anything offered by the BN for the sake of achieving change or ‘ubah’ desperately advocated by the opposition. Former Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) member
forgo anything offered by the BN for the sake of achieving change or ‘ubah’ desperately advocated by the opposition,” he explained.
“If ‘ ubah’ is what the Chinese community fight for, certainly there is not much that the BN can do to help them as it is nothing to do with its election manifesto but an act to take over power from BN,” he added.
On BN being returned o power, he lamented that the Chinese were now left in a difficult situation because they would have a weak representation in the government.
“As a Chinese myself, I feel the majority of the community have made a wrong calculation to vote out their representatives in the BN coalition who had been doing a fine job in bargaining for their share of the country’s wealth,” he pointed out.
Being a government known for practising fairness in a plural Malaysian society, he nevertheless believed that the BN government would look for alternative ways and means to balance its system of governance, following the massive defeat of candidates from its Chinese-based component parties in the election.
He hoped the Chinese community would be rational when fighting for their rights as BN accorded equal opportunity to all races.
“I guess the Pakatan Rakyat ( PR) component parties will adopt the same principle as the BN if they want to satisfy all races,” he said.
However, he was sceptical of PR’s ability to match BN in this respect as its three component parties had different ideologies and agendas.
The apparently frustrated veteran SUPP member also hoped that Chinese who had been overwhelmed by the ‘ubah’ slogan would consider the sincerity of leaders from other BN component parties to look after their welfare.