DAP's M Kulasegaran issues a stern warning: Find ways to stop the decline in support among the two communities or forget about capturing the administrative capital.
GEORGE TOWN: The Pakatan Rakyat leadership must immediately conceive a strategy to arrest the declining support for the opposition coalition among Malays and Indians, said a DAP leader.
Failing which, DAP vice-chairman M Kulasegaran, warned that Pakatan’s ambition of capturing Putrajaya would hit a brick wall.
Based on a preliminary analysis of the recent Tenang by-election results, he noted that there was a surge in Malay and Indian support for Barisan Nasional.
“Pakatan cannot deny that consistent with past survey findings, Malay support, specifically of the rural Malays, for BN has increased. There was also an obvious increase in Indian support for BN.
“This is an important area that Pakatan must look into. It must plan new strategies to win back their support,” added the Ipoh Barat MP in a blog posting.
On a positive note, Kulasegaran said it was encouraging to note that Chinese support for Pakatan had increased by some 10% in Tenang.
“This happened despite the candidate being from PAS and MCA campaigning hard on the Islamic state issue to frighten the Chinese voters,” he added.
Votes from all ethnic groups needed
However, Kulasegaran cautioned that Pakatan cannot be over-dependent on Chinese votes.
He said Pakatan needed support from the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Ibans, Orang Asli and other minorities to achieve its Putrajaya goal.
In the Tenang by-election, BN candidate Mohd Azahar Ibrahim from Umno defeated Pakatan candidate Normala Sudirman from PAS by a majority of 3,707 votes.
Azahar received 6,699 votes against Normala’s 2,992, giving BN 1,215 votes higher than its margin in the 2008 general election.
The victory in Tenang was BN’s sixth in the 14 by-elections held since the 2008 general election. The coalition won in Hulu Selangor, Batang Ai, Galas, Batu Sapi and Bagan Pinang as well.
Pakatan won eight in Sibu, Kuala Terengganu, Bukit Gantang, Permatang Pauh, Permatang Pasir, Manek Urai, Penanti and Bukit Selambau.
Both coalitions would be locking horns once again in the Merlimau state by-election on March 6.
Meanwhile, Kulasegaran reminded that Pakatan must conduct an in-depth analysis into the Tenang results to comprehend the voting trend and how it would affect or help the coalition’s electoral chances.
“Only then Pakatan can march successfully to Putrajaya to create a better Malaysia. Pakatan must work towards this,” he said.
GEORGE TOWN: The Pakatan Rakyat leadership must immediately conceive a strategy to arrest the declining support for the opposition coalition among Malays and Indians, said a DAP leader.Failing which, DAP vice-chairman M Kulasegaran, warned that Pakatan’s ambition of capturing Putrajaya would hit a brick wall.
Based on a preliminary analysis of the recent Tenang by-election results, he noted that there was a surge in Malay and Indian support for Barisan Nasional.
“Pakatan cannot deny that consistent with past survey findings, Malay support, specifically of the rural Malays, for BN has increased. There was also an obvious increase in Indian support for BN.
“This is an important area that Pakatan must look into. It must plan new strategies to win back their support,” added the Ipoh Barat MP in a blog posting.
On a positive note, Kulasegaran said it was encouraging to note that Chinese support for Pakatan had increased by some 10% in Tenang.
“This happened despite the candidate being from PAS and MCA campaigning hard on the Islamic state issue to frighten the Chinese voters,” he added.
Votes from all ethnic groups needed
However, Kulasegaran cautioned that Pakatan cannot be over-dependent on Chinese votes.
He said Pakatan needed support from the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Ibans, Orang Asli and other minorities to achieve its Putrajaya goal.
In the Tenang by-election, BN candidate Mohd Azahar Ibrahim from Umno defeated Pakatan candidate Normala Sudirman from PAS by a majority of 3,707 votes.
Azahar received 6,699 votes against Normala’s 2,992, giving BN 1,215 votes higher than its margin in the 2008 general election.
The victory in Tenang was BN’s sixth in the 14 by-elections held since the 2008 general election. The coalition won in Hulu Selangor, Batang Ai, Galas, Batu Sapi and Bagan Pinang as well.
Pakatan won eight in Sibu, Kuala Terengganu, Bukit Gantang, Permatang Pauh, Permatang Pasir, Manek Urai, Penanti and Bukit Selambau.
Both coalitions would be locking horns once again in the Merlimau state by-election on March 6.
Meanwhile, Kulasegaran reminded that Pakatan must conduct an in-depth analysis into the Tenang results to comprehend the voting trend and how it would affect or help the coalition’s electoral chances.
“Only then Pakatan can march successfully to Putrajaya to create a better Malaysia. Pakatan must work towards this,” he said.
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