This article is written by one of our contributors, Dr Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri. He is a former director at Tun Dr Mahathir’s Institute of Thoughts.
Although many people say that BN may switch sides at any time, I personally think that the possibility is not high, for the following reasons:
– UMNO, which lost a lot of seats, would only be a third wheel if it switched to support the Perikatan Nasional, losing its voice completely and only surviving under the eyes of PAS and Bersatu, and its future status would surely decline further, waiting to be replaced.
– Its current treatment in the unity government is not bad, and if it switched to support the Perikatan Nasional, its existing benefits and status would disappear in an instant, and it would also have time to transform.
– Under the anti-hopping law, if UMNO’s MPs want to support the Perikatan Nasional privately, they can only quit the party and then hold by-elections. Whether they can win or not is another matter, and they also have to face lawsuits.
– East Malaysian parties’ cooperation with the Perikatan Nasional may face resistance, and switching sides may not be easy either.
These reasons may lead to a more stable central power:
After this electoral battle, PKR and UMNO were given a green hat by Perikatan Nasional, and they must reflect on their mistakes. In retrospect, UMNO must do something, whether it is reform or something else, whether Zahid will continue to brazenly hold on to his position as leader is unknown; but he will definitely face more pressure from the grassroots within the party.
The unity government must work hard on governance in the next four years, and also do a good job of voter propaganda. This is either to retain the lost middle voters, rather than appease extremist factions.
Khairy should be happy with this result, his show “keluar sekejap” directly implies that he temporarily left politics to recuperate, but at the same time he continues to pay high attention to political issues, to fight with war, and once Zahid is forced out he will turn his sunset into a sunrise.
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