Consociationalism politics of Malaysia

[kingrant]

Mahathir has now joined in with his "you must have Chinese representation" crap. Thereby keep MCA in in spite of...
cranking up the screws on najib.

 

[THE_CHANSTER]

This guy is a master of political back-stabbing. I don't know of any other politician who can match him in this skill...

 

[ray_of_hope]

I have a more cynical view. BN captured so much of the rural vote because it was so much easier to cheat there. Almost all of the irregularities documented are in the cities. PR simply did not have the resources to keep similar watch there, giving BN the chance to steal the seats. What has now happened is the worst of all the scenarios. All eyes now on Anwar.

Just an assertion. The fact is that most kampung Malays supported BN. It is as simple as that. The opposition parties rarely had the ability to go deep into the rural areas to canvass for votes there. If you cannot do that then how do you win? The same with some of the opposition parties in S'pore. Other than the WP, most of the S'pore oppo parties appear to canvass for votes on the 'Net and hope to win that way.