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It seems with the defeat of Lim Kit Siang,a new
chapter of Palimentary politics has dawned in Malaysia.For 30 years the ruling
coalition has been lead by a Moslem Malays while the opposition was lead by a
Chinese.The Palimentary electoral results of the 10th General election of
Malaysia has changed this 30 year old formula.Today both the ruling coalition
and the opposition is lead by Moslem Malays as eitther Datin Seri Wan Azizah or
Ustadz Fadzhil Noor is expected to lead the opposition .
DAP Sec General Lim Kit Siang was not ousted by chinese voters
but were clearly pull down by the Malay voters in the Kebun Bunga
constituency.The Malay voters of Penang who have seen DAP as a chinese dominated
party are not ready to give their votes to DAP.In the case Kebun Bunga it was
the swing of the Malay votes to the Barisan Nasional which gave them the
victory.This was cleary evident as the malays of kebun bunga had more to
celebrate than the chinese after the downfall of Lim Kit Siang was
announced.Shouts of joy could be heard in the Kampung Melayu and Kampung Pisang
once the the announcement of victory, while there was not much celebrations in
the Paya Terubong area.
The reasons for the Malays to celebrate the outcome of the
10th general election are many.One of the main reasons are with both the ruling
and the opposition partys being headed by Moslem Malays,it is hoped that greater
understanding and better cooperation would be seen on the parlimentary
level.
With both the ruling coalition and opposition trying to outdo
each other on who is more islamic,the malays who are mostly moslem will gain the
most from this palimentary arrangement.
Sincere view from me.
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