The DAP ceramah finale tonight near Kluang Public Bank would be interesting to observe

The video plea by Liew Chin Tong to DAP voters to vote BN candidate for DUN Mahkota in Kluang encapsulate the need for them to cast aside the petty political spat between Teresa Kok and Dr Akmal Salleh and vote the BN candidate Syed Hussien for the economic interest of the nation and indirectly the Chinese community.

It is the same motivation that this blogger cast aside past partisan differences to put the economic priority of the nation in facing the challenging period to the nation and now second economic lift-off that will benefit Johor immensely.

Will DAP voters base do so and make effort to take leave to return from Singapore to vote in Kluang for BN tomorrow?

More so, the new line of political inciting by DAP detractors led by former DAP's Deputy CM for Penang, P Ramasamy that gained ground to cause PH loss at the Sg Bakap should be ignored.

It will be a great loss should DAP voters decide to deny BN a landslide win with some voters prefer to holdback their votes.

Nurul Izzah is aware of the need to do so but she fell short of telling them why.

Former MP for Pulai and UMNO Divisional Chief, Dato Nurjazlan had a mindful advise to DAP. 

His former stateassemblyman, Tengku Putera explicitly put to impress it is a test on DAP resolve to preserve the Unity Government. In his blog, he wrote:

DAP is demanding for an apology from the UMNO Youth Chief for his reaction to their MP’s statement. 

Would the Chinese voters be happy and/ or forgiving after the apology is made? Not by a long shot if history is anything to go by. It’s like déjà vu.

In 2008, a former UMNO Youth Chief was asked to apologise for unsheathing the Keris in an UMNO Assembly. He duly obliged and apologised profusely but the Chinese kept on harping on the issue for years after that using it as a tool on UMNO’s conscience. 

So I dare say that the same will occur in this instance. Even if an apology is given, the stats will remain the same among the Chinese voters in Mahkota. It is up to the DAP to convince them to look at the bigger picture, much like how UMNO managed to sway the Malays when it was a DAP candidate on the ballot.

The alternative to BN is PN. They must remember that Umno saved the unity government, giving DAP and the Chinese community a share of power in government when UMNO could have gone the other way and still play second fiddle in the other government leaving them out in the cold.

UMNO has made a strong and positive gesture by choosing a Mandarin speaking candidate to help serve and communicate with the community better. 

Read on below:

http://tpj-one-thepatriot.blogspot.com/2024/09/chinese-votes-in-mahkota.html

Astro Awani's analysis below has considered the UMNO candidate as the runaway winner but view the contest as a test on DAP's commitment to the Unity Government. 

Extract below:

PRK Mahkota menjadi lebih signifikan apabila ia dilihat sebagai ujian kepada kerjasama antara BN dan Pakatan Harapan (PH) dalam Kerajaan Perpaduan, dan ia berfungsi sebagai model untuk strategi kempen mereka di masa hadapan, terutamanya menjelang Pilihan Raya Umum ke-16 (PRU16).

So, DAP's finale ceramah near Public Bank tonight would be interesting to observe as indication of future politics in Malaysia, if not for GE16 and beyond, the least would be to stay put for the current term without any hiccup.

BN has no plan for finale ceramah tonight. PN will doing one at a cafe at Taman Sri Kluang. 

UP-DATE 28TH SEPT 8:34 PM

Though not 100%, DAP pulled through for BN. 

Turnout rather low at 54%. The returning voters from KL and Singapore expectedly fell short. The BN record indicate 60.09% turnout.

Nevertheless, felt sorry for the PN candidate. PN left him to fend for the campaign by himself without support from PAS. PPBM more concerned with party in-fighting and divisional party competition. 

At 61, he is not the appropriate candidate. Neither did PPBM did not prepare him. They lied about him being a former Johor state football player. 

Muhyiddin too selfish to think straight. Should have put Gerakan to contest and attempt to prieve at the UMNO-DAP uncomfortable marriage. 

Now it is a loss opportunity and perhaps PPBM is increasingly to be a lost cause.