Syed Akhbar Ali : It's Game Over for the BN.

The Strength Of The Pakatan Harapan

Last nite I was hosted for dinner and an interesting discussion by 11 of my seniors from the Anglo Chinese School in Ipoh. These were folks who had completed their Form Five in 1958, 1963 and so on. At that time there was no SPM or MCE. They called it the School Certificate. Thank you to my Elders.

One of the questions they asked me was 'How strong is the Pakatan Harapan?' 

If you have watched the latest remake of Jungle Book (the animation) the wolves repeat their oath, *'The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf.'*

The second part of this statement "the strength of the pack is the wolf" seems to apply to the Pakatan Harapan. The strength of the PH lies in two parts. The first is the individual strengths of the component parties namely the Parti Pribumi Bersatu, the DAP, Parti Amanah and the PKR. 

No matter whether it rains or shines, each one of these components have their undying supporters and voters which will translate to votes and seats to be won.

The second part of the Pakatan Harapan's strength (which is a bonus) is Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed. Dr Mahathir provides the focus and the glue to reach Putrajaya.

Here is some info about the two previous elections. 

BN Pakatan 2008  

140 seats, 51% 82 seats, 48%  

2013  

133 seats (-7) 89 seats (+7)  

Popular vote 

5,237,699 5,623,984  

47.4 % (-4%) 51.0% (+3%)  

Well, since Tan Sri Muhyiddin, Mukriz and a few other leaders are no more in the BN, the BN's seat count is even less.

There are 222 Parliamentary seats, so you need 111 + 1 = 112 seats to form the federal government.

165 Parliamentary seats are on the Peninsula and 57 are in Sarawak and Sabah.

The Pakatan Harapan need only win 20 more seats to topple the BN. 

Talk is that DAP will be contesting 40 Parliamentary seats in the Peninsula.

Parti Bersatu will be contesting 55 seats.

The PKR will be contesting 50 seats in the Peninsula.  

Parti Amanah may contest 20 seats 

Both DAP (and the PKR) will contest some Parliamentary seats in Sabah and Sarawak.

The DAP holds 31 Parliamentary seats in the Peninsula, 5 seats in Sarawak and 2 more in Sabah (total of 38). This means the DAP is contesting an extra NINE seats in the Peninsula. The DAP may also contest more than the SEVEN seats they already have in Sarawak and Sabah.

Since time is short and resources are limited some observers suggest that Pakatan deploy its resources carefully for maximum effect.

It is suggested that Mukriz Mahathir focus extra efforts to win all the Parliamentary and State seats in Kedah for the Pakatan.

Similarly Tan Sri Muhyiddin should focus extra efforts on securing Johor.

Tun Dr Mahathir has been doing a great job among the Felda areas and also as chief campaigner in other constituencies throughout the Peninsula. 

Parti Amanah seems to be strongest in Kelantan and has good potential to rout PAS and UMNO from some of the seats. Husam in Kelantan and his Amanah cohorts should focus heavily on Kelantan.

As the incumbent State government in Selangor, PKR should work extra hard to win even more Parliamentary and State seats in Selangor for Pakatan candidates.

The same applies for the DAP in Penang.

There are some internal issues in the PKR. The party has three power centres namely the Anwar Ibrahim family, Azmin and his Selangor group and finally Rafizi Ramli and his technical boys. However the ground support for the PKR is still intact and does not seem to have any adverse effect on the party's popularity.

The Pakatan need only win an extra 20 Parliamentary seats to defeat the BN.

Lets say Parti Bersatu wins a minimum 10 seats. 

DAP wins THREE extra seats.

PKR wins THREE extra seats. 

Amanah wins FOUR seats.

It's game over for the BN.

We are not including Parti Warisan in Sabah. 

Or the Pakatan Harapan's Dayak friends in Sarawak.

It's Game Over for the BN.

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Syed Akbar Ali : The "kabel" is our oil money.

By Syed Akbar Ali:

That "kabel" is our oil money. Oil money comes from our oil wealth. 

Oil wealth means Petronas. Plus all other oil companies that operate in Malaysia. 

At one time the dividends and taxes paid by Petronas to the government totalled RM65 BILLION !! 

Plus taxes and oil royalties paid by other oil companies operating in Malaysia, the gomen's financial survival is dependent on oil money. 

Do you all recall one time when MAS went bust, Petronas bailed out MAS? Yup, our oil money was used to buy planes for MAS. It was a bail out. Then Petronas bailed out Bank Bumiputra TWICE (in 1984, 1989) - a few billion Ringgits were involved

Petronas bailed out Proton.

I believe Petronas also bailed out KTM once. (Can anyone recall? I could not find it on the web. Kalau tak ada oops!)

Petronas funded our FI Racing Circuit. Petronas money built Putrajaya (Putrajaya Development Bhd). Petronas money built the twin towers, the KLCC, etc, etc.

The point I am making is, we have been burning our oil money. 

So here is a question: Who will bail out Petronas?

What if Petronas goes bust or Petronas runs out of cash, then which other cash cow industry do we have that can bail out Petronas and give the gomen money to burn?

The quick answer is : None. This is the end of the line. 

So the gomen has no choice but to start milking the biggest cash cow in the country. There is a huge cash cow in the country. It is a real 'lembu'. That is you and me folks. We are now the lembu tunai (cash cow). 

Through the GST, we have stepped in to close the huge hole caused by the depleting oil revenues for the gomen. That RM40+ BILLION or so GST they are collecting every year directly from us is to plug the lost oil revenues. 

The oil money was a 40 year honeymoon.  

It is now history.  

Now it is the dawn of the age of the lembu. 

Can the lembu provide? 

Can they milk the population for RM40 - 50 BILLION each year? 

To answer this question, look at that list of Petronas bailouts again, items 1 - 7. 

Bank Bumi, MAS, Proton, F1, Putrajaya, KLCC, etc etc. All that money did not go into building capacity. 

All that money was used to REMOVE COMPETITION IN THE ECONOMY.

In particular, all that money was spent TO REMOVE AND SHIELD THE MALAYS / BUMIS FROM COMPETITION.

That is why that cartoon sent to me by my Malay friend is exactly to the point. 

Mrs Burung is telling Mr Burung, '..tak payah berlagak sangat. Kita duduk tinggi ini pun sebab ada kabel.'

For 40 years our oil money was used as wallpaper. 

To cover all the cracks and all the fungus growing on the walls. 

We did not use the oil money to teach Mr and Mrs Burung to build a solid, free standing house. (Berdikari went out the window).

Now the party is over. The cracks are getting bigger. The fungus is growing through the wall paper. There is no more "oil money" to wallpaper all the problems away.

Kabel akan putus. 

So a large section of our population (ie the Malays / bumiputras) will face problems trying to provide for themselves as well as pay that GST. They will become poorer.

Now we go back to education.

Education always has, it still can and it always will provide the capacity for any community to advance itself - socially, politically, economically even "religiously" (they should grow out of it). 

Education is not just passing exams, learning chemical formulas or solving maths problems. Education is much wider than that. Education must mould people to become useful and competitive human beings who inhabit this planet earth. Useful not just to themselves or competitive not just among themselves but useful to all human beings and other creatures and competitive with the whole world at large. 

Now, why isnt our gomen school system doing that in sufficient enough quantity for the Malays / bumiputras? 

Increasing Islamisation seeping in

poor teaching and delivery by teachers 

admin of national schools dominated by one race, schools too Islamic, disciplinary issues major problem, schools not maintained well, outdated computers.

Why are the Chinese schools (and now the super charged Tamil schools) doing so much better than the gomen schools? May I make a suggestion? Why not walkover to the Chinese and Tamil schools and ask them "Yo, what is your secret?"

It was not always like this. Until the 1970s and early 80s our government schools were just about as good as any in Singapore or in other advanced countries. 

The Malay proverb says, 'bila sesat dihujung jalan, balik ke pangkal jalan'. 

So why not just go back to the fantastic system that we had until the early 1980s? Just undo all the damage that has crept into the system since then. Apa susah sangat? 

Just swallow the pride, the ego and the stupidity. After all, '..tak payah berlagak sangat. Kita duduk tinggi ini pun sebab ada kabel.' 

The wall paper experiment has failed. The 40 year honeymoon under the luxury of burning oil money is over. 

Malay readers, figure this out. Whether you like it or not, the Chinese people perform very well in their studies. Malaysian Chinese have become world class academics, professors and researchers. I know Malaysian Chinese who hold two professorships simultaneously - one here in Malaysia and another overseas (in Australia and one more in the US). They are internationally well regarded.

And yet not one of our public universities in Malaysia (IPTA) have a Chinese as a Vice Chancellor. Seorang pun tak ada. 

Instead we have kangkung professors in so many IPTAs. And one Persatuan Professor Kangkung recently came out in support of the kleptocracy over the 1MDB scandal. That tells you how kangkung they are. 

So Malay readers figure this out. 

You send your kids to the local IPTAs to be taught by these professors.

Do you think your kids have a good chance of graduating as first class performers?

You think your kids can compete in the real world?

I dont think so. 

They are doomed. 

Posted by Syed Akbar Ali - 14/08/2017

Syed Akbar Ali : Thursday Lite - Appa Stories

steadyaku47 comment : Interesting ramblings...

Thursday Lite - Appa Stories

Yesterday I rode the LRT after quite some time. I have that LRT card but there was less than RM2 left so the turnstile gate would not open. I went to the ticket machines (at Ampang Park) to upload some money into the card. No big deal. Then I saw that the screen had changed. Log, Pass 1, 2, 3, 4 popped up. Bottom line I could not upload cash. So I went to the counter. The boy at the counter said ‘Kad ini tak boleh pakai’. I said ok, can I buy another card. The boy hesitated. He kept repeating ‘Kad ini tak boleh pakai’. So I said, ‘Takpa saya nak beli kad baru. Saya nak balik rumah’. The boy was still hesitating. There was some manager type person also inside the ticket booth so I said that the screen is different. The Indian guy said no, the screen was the same. Actually the screen had been changed about three months ago – the ticket boy told me later. I had not taken the LRT for more than three months. I just wanted to buy an LRT card but by this time I am having a slightly annoying conversation with two people inside the ticket booth. The Indian guy then nodded to the ticket boy who again sort of reluctantly sold me a new LRT card for RM20.00. 

What is going on? Are you folks phasing out the LRT cards? Use Touch n Go only? Buy one way tickets only at the machine? Take Uber? Walk on the tracks? I say, dont keep people guessing. Or waiting. Just tell people what we can or cannot do.

Nasib baik ada monopoli. Kalau tak ada monopoli, dah lama dah engko orang bungkus. Tak tahu customer servis, tak tahu cakap simple dan betul, tak peduli kat orang - how can you survive in any business? 

Ok I digress. I told an Indian friend about the strange animal behaviours (my previous blog post). He said that some human beings are also behaving strangely. He said ‘There is one fellow now claiming to be my Appa’. Which I thought was strange too.

Talk is that Dumbno is facing serious internal stresses as well. The power structure in Dumbno is now broken up into a few factions. The entire lot recognise the predicament that Appa has created for them. They are ALL fully aware – without exception. But they are still willing to stand behind Appa because they believe that the Opposition will not be able to win in the next elections. You don’t have to win outright brader. Ours is a multi party democracy. The cat will get skinned. Rest assured about that. 

The other growing power faction in Dumbno would like Appa to step down BEFORE the elections. They want HHO to lead the party into the elections. This is the 2nd Force inside Dumbno and is growing in stature at a rapid clip. 

The 3rd Force in Appa’s team are his closest advisors. These are the real nasties. These are the hangers on. These folks are doing all sorts of nasty things even among themselves. They are sabotaging each other as well. Sh__f__din better watch out. Bapak hang pun bukan asal dari Kerala brader. Hang totok mana? Tapi sebelah hang tu ada satu dua ekor anak Kerala gunning for you. They have offered money. Watch out !!

Talk is that Tok guru Bawang has made it known that Appa told him that he wants to get rid of the Jawa Man. As though we could not have guessed this. But it has moved further along. They are planning to sabotage Jawa Man in his constituency in Perak in the elections. By the way, November 2017 is looking to be a likely time to have the elections – less than 60 days away. So things will be moving quickly soon after this. The 2nd Force may have to move quickly too.

(Folks, if the Barisan Nasional crooks still win the elections, then I am out of this game. You morons can have the gomen and the country and you can go to hell with it. Which you indeed will. I am less than 30 months away from turning 60 and I do believe I will have other things to do. Most probably I will be sorting out how to survive the disaster that is looming. Believe me, they will certainly go to hell.)

There has also been a major falling out between Appa and the Minister of Horse Polo. In the recently concluded sea games, Appa was pissed when the crowd booed him during the closing. He got even more upset when the crowd cheered wildly for the Horsing Around Minister. Talk is Appa summoned the Horsing Around Minister TWICE to come and see him. The Horsing Minister did not go. Appa then asked Jawa Man to summon the Horsing Around Minister. Still he refused to meet jawa Man. 

Maybe the Horsing Around Minister will quit and join PKR? Or Pribumi. Yukk.

By the way who is Jason Loh? A fellow called Jason Loh has been arrested in Dhubai or somewhere over some drug charges. Folks say he is the very good buddy of guess which Minister ??

Talking about getting high, people in the know say that there is another sex video tape. Also involving a top gomen official. The people who have possession of the tape are “investigators” who report to the same guy who is in the tape !! Yup folks. Its a video of their “new” Boss having a good time with some woman – the wife of someone. Ha ha ha. Its NOT the Police IGP ok. Tan Sri Fuzi is a good man. 

The Sarawak BN folks really want to dump the KL BN. The recent SPRM investigations on that sale of the hotel to Felda has sunk its hooks on a few top people in Kuching but that may not be enough to frighten Sarawak. The feeling on the ground in Sarawak (and Sabah) is so anti BN (Semenanjung). To respect the true majority, Sarawak may also see an Iban Chief Minister. And it might stay that way for a long time.

By the way, recall that 90 million Malaysian pies that were given to Bawang. Where did those moolas go? It has come to be that at least 10 million pies went to Tin Sadin’s son. And get this, he has lost ALL those 10 million pies in a failed venture to produce ladies cosmetics. Bodoh punya anak retard – tak tahu niaga. 

By the way who is Tan Sri O__m_n of the M____sian S_____ Service who has been given 30 million pies to buy over Parti Wal Retard? Bayar depa satu juta satu bulan ke Tan Sri? If you are reading this, you know people are watching you as well. Jangan buat kerja kosong. Recall your oath to serve the nation. You serve the people. Not the corrupted politicians.

There are more problems for Dumbno. The economy is really grinding down. To make matters worse a couple of the GLC banks are having some issues. Even Cap Harimau is having some issues. When you say “issues” it means loans turning bad or risky loans. Cap Harimau insiders say they have become a ‘political bank’. They are sitting on some not so good loans. Big ones. The other ‘Bank Melayu yang sudah tukar nama banyak kali’ is sitting on another pile of loans that are not doing so good. One loan for about RM1.7 – 1.8 billion has already turned bad. The borrower cannot "dredge" deep enough. 

To digress again, that Khazanah fellow was "asked" to resign. Khazanah was having their Board Meeting in Turkey and Appa sent someone to inform the Khazanah guy that they wanted him to resign. Or else .. .. . All that 'thank you for your services' was just wayang. Appa did not like his testimony at the RCI. As I said before, this is another case of disposable toilet tissue. After they have used these folks to wipe their behinds, they can just cut them loose. 

Gomen insiders are panicking about the gomen's debt obligations that are due in the next few years. Tun Dr Mahathir says Appa has borrowed over RM200 billion already. The latest being that RM55 billion to build that railroad. The gomen just will not be able to service all this debt. They are going to come to a crashing halt. Unless they tap into KWSP, KWAP, PNB etc. Issue more sukuk and take out more and more money. All our savings will be gone.

These are serious problems, regardless of who will win the elections. Appa and the dumbnos do not know how to handle the problem. 

The problems can be fixed, and it can be fixed very quickly. But people have to be fired, some must go to jail (Truth Commission, Royal Commissions, special Task Forces must be set up to investigate them – right down to their underwear. The Pribumi boys have already put some baddies on notice, beside Appa and gang.) 

There are ways to turn around the economy in double quick time. It can be done. Have faith folks. 

But not with the BN in power. 

Majlis Tertinggi Dumbno cannot understand this.  

Jadi Bawang cannot understand this.  

Ketuanan people with PhDs also cannot understand this. 

So how do you expect the middle classes and the kampong folks to understand this? They will run out of petrol, then they will get down from their cars, stand there and just stare at the sky. Then they will say "Eli, eli lama sabachthani ?"

There was more. Tapi tak boleh cerita semua perkara lah.

Posted by Syed Akbar Ali

Syed Akbar Ali : The MIC is dead among the Indian community.

Pakatan Rahsia Najib Dan Hindraf PRU13 And Why Zakir Naik Will Cost BN The PRU14

Today I received this in the WhatsApp :

1.  15 Mei 2017 Perkasa  laporan polis terhadap kebiadapan dan tindakan kurang ajar pemimpin MIC bernama VELLU PARI yg membuat tuduhan jahat terhadap PERKASA dan pendakwah Islam tersohor Dr Zakir Naik._

2. Satu SIDANG MEDIA akan diadakan di Ibupejabat Perkasa 

3. Tindakan Mahkamah terhadap haram jadah VELLI PARI dan Akhbar The Star.

Fuiyyo ! Listen to these choice words :  

·        tindakan kurang ajar pemimpin MIC bernama VELLU PARI

·        pendakwah Islam tersohor Dr Zakir Naik._

·        terhadap haram jadah VELLI PARI

So Samy Vellu's son is now a  h _ r _ mjadah ! ! 

Zakir Naik is "tersohor" ! !

Now, even the MIC wants Zakir Naik deported from Malaysia.

This means Najib and the BN are certainly going to lose the Indian votes in the next PRU14.
Pasal apa ngko orang ini begitu bodoh dan bebal? What have you got from giving PR to this Zakir Naik? Nothing except trouble and controversy.  Since Zakir Naik came here he has caused nothing but trouble for us. 

Anyay, why did the MIC suddenly ask that Zakir Naik be deported?  
The answer is Hindraf.

Hindraf is now a political party. 
And they have strong intentions to field candidates in the next elections.   
Here is the news from the Malay Mail :

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·        KL May 10 ― (Hindraf) applying to register as political party

·        need for proper representation of Indian community

·        Hindraf unanimous decision during extraordinary general meeting Sun

·        widespread nationwide meetings with grassroots Indian community

·        overwhelming call for Hindraf to evolve into  political party 

The MIC is quite dead among the Indian community.  They have only four Parliamentary seats and are completely dependent on UMNO to win them.  
Hindraf is now making a comeback among the Indian community. And now with their intention to become a political party, more Indians will join up and become members of the new Hindraf Party. 
Hindraf became big news during the time of Abdullah Badawi. They held that huge Makkal Sakthi or People's Power demonstration in 2007 protesting the poor Indians being sidelined.  The Sedition Act was used to arrest some of their leaders.  
After the PRU13, P Waythamoorthy was suddenly appointed a Senator and Deputy Minister (May 2013).  Then just as suddenly nine months later, P Waythamoorthy resigned as Deputy Minister and Senator in February 2014.

·        Timb Menteri di JPM, Waythamoorthy letak jawatan 10 Feb 2014

·        kerana mendakwa BN gagal mengotakan janji

·        perjanjian demi kepentingan masyarakat India, kepercayaan terhadap BN

·        selepas 8 bulan,  pertubuhan itu berputus asa

·        HINDRAF  sebulat suara Waythamoorthy meletak jawatan

·        Waythamoorthy dilantik Senator, Timb Menteri selepas PRU-13

·        perjanjian 18 April untuk selesaikan isu masyarakat India

Few UMNO, MIC and BN people know that Hindraf and Waythamoorthy were coopted by Najib even before the PRU13.  
Since MIC could not deliver the Indian votes (even then), Najib asked for Hindraf's assistance. 
The deal was that Hindraf would campaign quietly (no one outside knew about it)  for the BN in the rural areas and in the estates. 
In return Waythamoorthy would be appointed a Senator and made a Deputy Minister. Plus (a very big plus) a special fund would be set up to help the Indian community (RM500 Million?) and P Waythamoorthy would be in charge of using these funds to help the Indian community.
Hindraf and Waythamoorthy delivered both the campaigning and the Indian votes. Indian votes  made significant contributions in marginal seats. Do read on.

In return and predictably Najib only delivered less than half of his side of the deal.  Waythamoorthy was made a Deputy Minister but there was no special funds for the Indians.

It was only AFTER Waythamoorthy quit that Najib finally decided to make good on his agreement to fund Indian  development programs (RM150 million or more each year under SEDIC).

All that is now past. Fast forward to the next elections PRU14. Things have gotten worse for Najib, the BN and the MIC.  They are about to be wiped out.
And Hindraf is now in an even stronger position.

Now here are some interesting numbers.  Hindraf has identified 31 Parliamentary seats and 59 States seats (from the last elections, PRU13)  in the rural areas which were won by the BN.  These seats were won by the BN by very slim margins.

And here is the very, very interesting part - in many of these marginal constituencies the total number of Indian voters far exceeds the winning margins.  

In other words, a swing in the Indian vote can certainly determine the outcome of these seats. Here are some examples :


PERAK 

P6 Bagan Datoh won by Zahid Hamidi UMNO
Won by slim majority of 2108 votes only.
Number of Indian voters : 9423  votes

Zahid Hamidi better start learning Tamil.  In 2013, Hindraf also campaigned in Bagan Datok for Zahid Hamidi. That is why Zahid won by just 2108 votes.

This time if only half that number of Indian votes (1054) were to swing away from BN, then Zahid Hamidi will be history.  

P61  PADANG RENGAS won by Nazri Aziz UMNO.
Won by slim majority of 2230 votes only.
Number of Indian voters : 2031 votes.

If only 1,115 Indian votes swing away from the BN then Nazri will also lose in Padang Rengas.


P76 TELUK INTAN won by Mah Siew Keong MCA
Won by slim majority of 238 votes only.
Number of Indian voters : 11,491 votes  
Mah Siew Keong has to start belanja thosai now.  Obviously Mah won because of the Indian vote.

Thanks to Rosmah, Najib, 1MDB and now Zakir Naik this 11,491 Indian votes is gone. Pochhi. Yilek.  Koli-mutte (telor ayam). 


P77 TANJONG MALIM  won by Ong Ka Chuan (MCA)
Won by majority of 4328 votes.
Number of Indian voters : 9062 votes.

Ong Ka Chuan must also start belanja thosai from this morning. Thosai is usually a morning dish. 

If just 2164 Indians swing away then Ong Ka Chuan is toast.  What if ALL the 9062 Indian voters decide to swing away from Ong ka Chuan?

JOHOR

P142  LABIS won by Chua Tee Yong  (MCA) Won by slim majority of 353 votes. 
Number of Indian votes : 5698 voters
Chua Tee Young,  I think you are also dead.  Just 177 Indian voters dont vote for you and you lose. What if ALL the 5698 Indians do not vote for you?  

P159 PASIR GUDANG won by Normala Abdul Samad.  
Won by slim majority of 935 votes.
Number of Indian votes : 11,194
I think Normala is going to lose big this time around.  11,194 Indians are unhappy. Beli Milo, belanja thosai, kari kambing pun depa tak akan sokong. Ini kali, Milo dia minum, kambing  dia bedal, thosai dia telan tapi undi dia tak kasi.  

P161  PULAI won by Nur Jazlan
Won by 3,226 majority.
Number of Indian votes : 10,090 voters.
Nur Jazlan also has to speak Tamil and belanja thosai.  Jazlan, dont mention Zakir Naik ok.  Also dont let those Perkasa  jokers anywhere near  you.  

KEDAH  
P12 JERAI  JAMIL KHIR BAHAROM UMNO
Won by 1196 votes.
Number of Indian votes :  4688.

If 598 Indians do not vote for Jamil Khir, he will lose. If all 4688 Indians do not vote for him, his chances are quite impossible.

SELANGOR
 

P96 KUALA SELANGOR won by Irmohizam Ibrahim UMNO 
Won by slim majority of 460 votes.
Number of Indian votes : 13, 730 ! !
Hello Irmohizam, the only way you are going to win Kuala Selangor is if you tell Perkasa to shut up and then you personally escort Zakir Naik onto the airplane and make sure heis deported from Malaysia. 
There is no other way you are going to get the Indian votes. 

WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN KUALA LUMPUR

P119 TITIWANGSA won by Johari Abdul Ghani UMNO
Won by slim majority of 866 votes. 
Number of Indian votes : 5750 voters
Johari,  lets keep it short. You will NOT get 5750 Indian votes this time.  Good bye. 

PAHANG

P89 BENTONG won by Liow Tiong Lai MCA.
Won by slim majority of 379 votes.
Number of Indian votes : 5690 voters.
Liow ah !   Why your margin so small one?  
Your karma is boss MCA. 
Your kurma is 5690 Indian voters. 

These are just a few. There are a total of 31 Parliamentary seats and 59 State seats where because of the slim majorities,  the number of Indian voters can really swing  the outcome.

Now factor this in as well : with the new parti Amanah, Bawang jual bontot, Pribumi Bersatu all eating away at the Malay vote, the Chinese vote gone forever - the Indian vote becomes even more weighty.
Traditionally the Indian vote has been solid BN. But not anymore.
MIC is dead. The Indians do not vote for MIC anymore. 
Jadi kepada Kabilah DNA Bahalol, go ahead and carry Zakir Naik on your shoulders. Let him piss on your head. Better still let him piss into your mouth.
To pinjam Anina Saadudin's words  "biaq  mamak padukang kincin' dalam mulut hangpa'.   

Posted by Syed Akbar Ali at 3:24:00 PM