The last general election was the most embarrassing for Gerakan, being incumbents and having lost the state government of Penang. Prior to the elections, there were open disagreement over who should be Chief Minister, a position taken for granted to be decided by the party!
With the impending GE13 (though date has not been fixed, Parliament will have to be dissolved by late April next year), PAS has shown their wish for their President, Hadi Awang, to be the Prime Minister if Pakatan won. This is certainly not in line with earlier agreement among the coalition partners that Anwar Ibrahim should be PM. Already, the BN-controlled mainstream media had made full use of the disagreement to give the impression that Pakatan is in disarray. It was likened to be that of counting the chickens before they are hatched. If PR lost because of this, the only saving grace would be that they were only challengers and not incumbents, unlike Gerakan in Penang.
According to Dr. Hsu Dar Ren,
"The support among the Chinese and Indian Malaysians for PR should not be taken for granted. One of the reasons for the level of support shown is that many of these people believe that even if PR comes into power with little government experience, it has at least a very experienced leader in Anwar Ibrahim, who can be accepted by all the ethnic groups.
While many Chinese have no qualms in voting for PAS candidates in the last election, it was because they supported a coalition in which PAS is only an equal partner and not the dominant one that would head the group. If PAS president is to be the next PM, PAS would be perceived to be the dominant force inside the coalition, a prospect which may not be unlike that of BN having UMNO as the dominant force. If that is the case, expect less of these people to support PAS next election, thus weakening the prospect of PR becoming the next government."
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With the impending GE13 (though date has not been fixed, Parliament will have to be dissolved by late April next year), PAS has shown their wish for their President, Hadi Awang, to be the Prime Minister if Pakatan won. This is certainly not in line with earlier agreement among the coalition partners that Anwar Ibrahim should be PM. Already, the BN-controlled mainstream media had made full use of the disagreement to give the impression that Pakatan is in disarray. It was likened to be that of counting the chickens before they are hatched. If PR lost because of this, the only saving grace would be that they were only challengers and not incumbents, unlike Gerakan in Penang.
According to Dr. Hsu Dar Ren,
"The support among the Chinese and Indian Malaysians for PR should not be taken for granted. One of the reasons for the level of support shown is that many of these people believe that even if PR comes into power with little government experience, it has at least a very experienced leader in Anwar Ibrahim, who can be accepted by all the ethnic groups.
While many Chinese have no qualms in voting for PAS candidates in the last election, it was because they supported a coalition in which PAS is only an equal partner and not the dominant one that would head the group. If PAS president is to be the next PM, PAS would be perceived to be the dominant force inside the coalition, a prospect which may not be unlike that of BN having UMNO as the dominant force. If that is the case, expect less of these people to support PAS next election, thus weakening the prospect of PR becoming the next government."
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Will PR become the proverbial rabbit?
http://hsudarren.wordpress.com/
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