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[h=2]Singaporeans’ courage in voting for opposition in GE2011 has ‘infected’ Malaysians in Johor[/h]
August 24th, 2012 |
Author: Contributions
Tan Jee Say
This admission of despair by the Johor Menteri Besar, that UMNO may lose 9 parliamentary seats and 16 state seats in Johor in the next GE as reported by FMT, reminds me of what our friends in Pakatan, the opposition alliance in Malaysia, told us recently – that the courage shown by Singaporeans in voting for the opposition in GE2011 has “infected” Malaysians particularly those in the neighbouring southern state of Johor who followed our election campaign closely and with great interest; several even flocked frequently across the Causeway to attend our election rallies.
We Singaporeans are also following Malaysia’s coming GE closely. If Malaysians vote for regime change as more and more Malaysians are now expecting to do so, they will “infect” Singaporean voters too. So friends, keep a close watch, be inspired and prepare ourselves for our own regime change in 2016.
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Tan Jee Say
* Jee Say was a Presidential candidate in the 2011 Presidential Election. The article first appeared on his facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TanJeeSay.
Tan Jee SayThis admission of despair by the Johor Menteri Besar, that UMNO may lose 9 parliamentary seats and 16 state seats in Johor in the next GE as reported by FMT, reminds me of what our friends in Pakatan, the opposition alliance in Malaysia, told us recently – that the courage shown by Singaporeans in voting for the opposition in GE2011 has “infected” Malaysians particularly those in the neighbouring southern state of Johor who followed our election campaign closely and with great interest; several even flocked frequently across the Causeway to attend our election rallies.
We Singaporeans are also following Malaysia’s coming GE closely. If Malaysians vote for regime change as more and more Malaysians are now expecting to do so, they will “infect” Singaporean voters too. So friends, keep a close watch, be inspired and prepare ourselves for our own regime change in 2016.
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Tan Jee Say
* Jee Say was a Presidential candidate in the 2011 Presidential Election. The article first appeared on his facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TanJeeSay.
Johor MB expects to lose nine seats
August 23, 2012
Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2012/08/23/johor-mb-expects-to-lose-nine-seats/
Johor has always been touted as the bastion of Umno, but one wonders if it really is so, given the inroads the opposition made in 2008.
In the 2008 general election, there was a 14% swing to the opposition. What has happened to that swing? It is increasing and getting stronger.
And this has got the menteri besar worried, intimating to his Umno division heads in one meeting that he expects at least nine parliamentary seats and up to 16 state seats to fall to the opposition in the 13th general election.
That means he has not discounted fully the swing to the opposition.
He has acknowledged that, at best, with all the efforts and the bribery that Umno has carried out, the party has only managed to claim back some 5%.
That means there is still around a 9% swing with the opposition.
Based on that conservative assumption, the nine parliamentary seats are indeed in jeopardy.
My personal view is that Pakatan Rakyat can win the nine parliamentary seats and more.
Umno and Barisan Nasional is dicey in at least six more seats – Tanjung Piai, Gelang Patah, Pulai, Pasir Gudang Tebrau, Simpang Rengam and Parit Sulong.
Which really means, Pakatan could end up with between nine and 15 seats.
Will Shahrir contest?
Having said that, there is also the Johor Baru seat to consider. JB has a sizeable Chinese population which should prove to be a boon to Pakatan.
The determining factor here would be Umno’s choice of candidates. If Shahrir Samad chooses to retire, then JB will fall to Pakatan.
Shahrir can only be persuaded to stand if the Umno people can stoke his contempt for Anwar Ibrahim.
Shahrir himself is not that confident. He has said privately that most of the faces he sees in JB are not familiar to him.
The other seat which I am interested to see is Pulai. It’s currently held by UDA Holdings Bhd chairman Nur Jazlan Mohamed Rahmat.
Nur Jazlan is a decent fellow but has recently been the victim of Umno’s habit of practising infanticide. It kills off its young talent.
When Nur Jazlan came up with a strategy of raising money for UDA with the redevelopment of the Pudu Jail area, he became a victim to the ravenous appetite of Umno warlords ever on the lookout of using government to make tons of money.
And that has not gone down well with him and his supporters.
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The writer is a former Umno state assemblyman but joined DAP earlier this year. He is a FMT columnist.
.August 23, 2012
Mohd Ariff Sabri Aziz
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2012/08/23/johor-mb-expects-to-lose-nine-seats/
Johor has always been touted as the bastion of Umno, but one wonders if it really is so, given the inroads the opposition made in 2008.
In the 2008 general election, there was a 14% swing to the opposition. What has happened to that swing? It is increasing and getting stronger.
And this has got the menteri besar worried, intimating to his Umno division heads in one meeting that he expects at least nine parliamentary seats and up to 16 state seats to fall to the opposition in the 13th general election.
That means he has not discounted fully the swing to the opposition.
He has acknowledged that, at best, with all the efforts and the bribery that Umno has carried out, the party has only managed to claim back some 5%.
That means there is still around a 9% swing with the opposition.
Based on that conservative assumption, the nine parliamentary seats are indeed in jeopardy.
My personal view is that Pakatan Rakyat can win the nine parliamentary seats and more.
Umno and Barisan Nasional is dicey in at least six more seats – Tanjung Piai, Gelang Patah, Pulai, Pasir Gudang Tebrau, Simpang Rengam and Parit Sulong.
Which really means, Pakatan could end up with between nine and 15 seats.
Will Shahrir contest?
Having said that, there is also the Johor Baru seat to consider. JB has a sizeable Chinese population which should prove to be a boon to Pakatan.
The determining factor here would be Umno’s choice of candidates. If Shahrir Samad chooses to retire, then JB will fall to Pakatan.
Shahrir can only be persuaded to stand if the Umno people can stoke his contempt for Anwar Ibrahim.
Shahrir himself is not that confident. He has said privately that most of the faces he sees in JB are not familiar to him.
The other seat which I am interested to see is Pulai. It’s currently held by UDA Holdings Bhd chairman Nur Jazlan Mohamed Rahmat.
Nur Jazlan is a decent fellow but has recently been the victim of Umno’s habit of practising infanticide. It kills off its young talent.
When Nur Jazlan came up with a strategy of raising money for UDA with the redevelopment of the Pudu Jail area, he became a victim to the ravenous appetite of Umno warlords ever on the lookout of using government to make tons of money.
And that has not gone down well with him and his supporters.
.
The writer is a former Umno state assemblyman but joined DAP earlier this year. He is a FMT columnist.
