People's Progrssive Party (PPP) president M Kayveas today said the rakyat's worry about discrimination and prejudice is the cause for the eroding support for BN.
"The opposition campaigned aggressively in the last general election on these two issues to fan the the sentiment that discrimination still happened in this country in all aspects of live," he said during the PPP annual general assembly in Kuala Lumpur.
He added that this has had an impact on BN's support which remains evident to this day.
"Even though transformation after transformation is carried our by our Prime Minister (Najib Abdul Razak), even with the concept of 1Malaysia being introduced, there are some who continue to blindly support the opposition.
"Why? Because they still perceive that discrimination and prejudice continue to happen under the current BN administration," he said.
In his opening speech entitled 'BN won't let the rakyat down', Kayveas said this perception of discrimination did not only exist among the minorities.
He explained that Malays who support Pakatan Rakyat believe that Malays in Umno had not distributed the country's wealth justly and also perceive that they had not walked the talk on corruption.
Winning hearts
Chinese on the other hand, he said, find themselves not receiving equal opportunities in business and education.
"Whereas the Indians feel that BN had sidelined them for almost 50 years in all aspects of life especially on the economy and education such that they have become poor in their own country," he said.
As such, he said BN's victory lies in the ruling coalition overcoming these two perception of prejudice and discrimination.
"... For us to win in the general election, we need to win the hearts and confidence of the people that BN is capable of overcoming discrimination and prejudice in social justice, economy and politics," he said.
Kayveas said if BN was willing to take this seriously, honestly and sincerely, then it would become the formula for victory as the opposition would have no attacking points against BN.
"The opposition coalition cannot match BN's strength because they are weak and lack vision.
"They are incoherent, intolerant and most importantly are walking a tightrope... their bond is weak and is only meant to capture Putrajaya," he said.
"The opposition campaigned aggressively in the last general election on these two issues to fan the the sentiment that discrimination still happened in this country in all aspects of live," he said during the PPP annual general assembly in Kuala Lumpur.
He added that this has had an impact on BN's support which remains evident to this day.
"Even though transformation after transformation is carried our by our Prime Minister (Najib Abdul Razak), even with the concept of 1Malaysia being introduced, there are some who continue to blindly support the opposition.
"Why? Because they still perceive that discrimination and prejudice continue to happen under the current BN administration," he said.
In his opening speech entitled 'BN won't let the rakyat down', Kayveas said this perception of discrimination did not only exist among the minorities.
He explained that Malays who support Pakatan Rakyat believe that Malays in Umno had not distributed the country's wealth justly and also perceive that they had not walked the talk on corruption.
Winning hearts
Chinese on the other hand, he said, find themselves not receiving equal opportunities in business and education.
"Whereas the Indians feel that BN had sidelined them for almost 50 years in all aspects of life especially on the economy and education such that they have become poor in their own country," he said.
As such, he said BN's victory lies in the ruling coalition overcoming these two perception of prejudice and discrimination.
"... For us to win in the general election, we need to win the hearts and confidence of the people that BN is capable of overcoming discrimination and prejudice in social justice, economy and politics," he said.
Kayveas said if BN was willing to take this seriously, honestly and sincerely, then it would become the formula for victory as the opposition would have no attacking points against BN.
"The opposition coalition cannot match BN's strength because they are weak and lack vision.
"They are incoherent, intolerant and most importantly are walking a tightrope... their bond is weak and is only meant to capture Putrajaya," he said.
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