GE13 proves that BN don’t need Chinese to form gov
From Syed Akbar Ali’s blog — ‘Ponder an Umno PAS unity government‘.
SAA wrote:
“At the end of the day it may come down to Malay-Muslim unity. If the BN does not get enough seats, UMNO and PAS may unite to protect Malay and Muslim interest. This has happened once before when PAS joined the BN. Imagine if PAS and Umno tie up together in Parliament — it will be a huge solid Malay bloc. Together both Umno and PAS can easily form a simple majority Government.
“They will not need DAP, PKR, MCA or Gerakan.
“The only stumbling block to a PAS-Umno tie up is Nik Aziz” [who is 82 and sickly].
The table above are the GE13 results for the state assembly seats. The three Pakatan parties each have 15-14-15 seats in Selangor.
Selangor has 56 DUN seats. Half of that number is 28.
Umno has 12 seats, PAS has 15 and combined these two parties have altogether 27 seats, which is close to a simple majority. Anything – such as a by-election – can happen anytime during the next five years.
As a carrot, imagine if BN offered to form a unity government with PAS in oil-rich Terengganu, and the Islamist party is then proffered the opportunity to share in the Petronas royalties.
Malay-Muslim unity
Do you think the PAS people feel more comfortable with their DAP counterparts or with their fellow Malays and the Muslims in Umno?
Although the photos below are unrelated to Selangor and used here only for illustrative purposes, but they should nonetheless serve as a pop quiz for the initiated Dapsters.
Which one is PAS, which one is Umno?
One of the ladies is a PAS MP and the other is an Umno senator.
Which one is PAS, which one is Umno?
One of the bersongkok dan berbaju Melayu gentlemen is a PAS vice president and the other is an Umno vice president.
On the other hand, what do Malays and Chinese have in common? Language? Religion? Music? Culture? Food?