[THREAD 1/N] If it happens, and before social media descends into complete chaos, these are some key advice for PH leaders & supporters to avoid a repeat of the previous administration which enabled Langkah Sheraton. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
1. Do not succumb to politics of vengeance. There is no glory nor benefit in shaming your opponents. If corruption is uncovered, focus on fixing the root cause, not using it for political mileage. PH went on a spree during 1MDB but lost sight of it's reason and purpose.
2. Establish and maintain a strong presence on all social media platforms to control the narrative and respond to fake news. Optics is everything in politics. PH were focused on administration and left a vacuum in managing political affairs and were constantly on the defensive.
3. Absolute discipline observed by all cabinet members and MPs. No one should be issuing media statements unless authorized. No statement should touch race, religion, royalty or anything else that can expose PH. Party whips and comms team must be on top of things at all times.
4. PAS will immediately begin to stoke racial and religious tensions. You counter this. Engage all groups. Semboyan for example has a large following. There are 100s out there. Work with UMNO to educate, defend and respond. DAP MUST NOT be the one to respond to anything Islam.
5. Do not be naive and think the schemers have given up. The day you become government, the scheme of things will begin. Don't expect Azmin, Hamzah, Hishamuddin and co to sit around doing nothing. You must have eyes and ears everywhere. If they won't stop, then you cannot.
The danger in our haste to kill off UMNO without having an adequate replacement has left a vacuum in Malaysian politics. PAS is a fascist right wing party that has grown like cancer. Yes, UMNO needs cleaning up. But anyone who thinks Malaysia doesn't need UMNO is deluded.
UMNO needs cleaning up, big time. But to destroy UMNO, for whom many Malays, especially in the B60 group look to as their protector is detrimental to the stability of Malaysia. Because without UMNO, the Malays will look for an alternative. That is what happened with PAS and PN.
Let this be a lesson to us, never deal in absolutes. For many, PH is no holy grail either. What we need is unity and reconciliation. Fail, and Malaysia will slip to the path of right wing extremists. History teaches us that should this happen, it will never be reversed.
BN apologists will have you believe that PH must be 1000% perfect and only then are deserving of your vote. Do not fall into this psychological trap. No political party in Malaysia is perfect, and there will never be one.
PH made many mistakes and there were teething problems but the fact remains 60 years of damage cannot be fixed in 22 months. Mahathir & Azmin were the ringleaders of the previous PH administration and both hijacked it. Anwar and Rafizi are the leaders this time around.
The team behind Anwar, Rafizi, Anthony Loke and the rest of the PH leaders are younger, of better caliber and most importantly, more capable. This election is about policies and not just personalities. There are 6M voters aged between 18-40 and this election is for your future!
Kalau ikut data, kajian menunjuk hampir 75% calon GTA akan hilang deposit dan 95% calon akan kalah. Kenapa Mahathir dan GTA akan kalah teruk pada #PRU15 yang akan datang? Ini adalah bebenang.
Orang Melayu bukan malas ataupun bodoh. Mahathir masih terperangkap dengan mentaliti tahun 80-an. Dia tak faham bahawa generasi sekarang bukan sahaja berpendidikan tetapi bekerja kuat hanya untuk "survive". Ramai orang Melayu sekarang pandai berniaga dan faham isu ekonomi.
Orang Melayu yang bekerja sebagai pegawai kerajaan dulu boleh hidup dengan selesa dengan gaji mereka. Akibat kemerosotan ekonomi, kos harga barang naik dan tatkala gaji tidak naik, semua menyebabkan hidup sebagai pegawai kerajaan dan B40 dah takde beza. Kais pagi makan pagi.
OPEN LETTER TO @dapmalaysia: WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!
Your principles, ideals and policies are so detached from reality and the system in which you operate in.
Your naivety is why you lost power after 22 months. Its not too late to act, CHANGE NOW!
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Post Bersatu leaving and the Govt collapsing in Feb, DAP has become tainted by design. Cytros, PN, UMNO, everyone needed someone to blame and DAP is ready made for it thanks to Mahathir's years of propaganda.
What is DAP's image now?
Racist.
Chauvenist.
Anti-Malay
Anti-YDPA
We can go on and on about how its fake news but the fact is, the ordinary Malaysian on the ground believes it.
If they go to polls now, they will go back to having a maximum of 30 seats and not a single one more. Why? Even fence sitters or rational Malays now have doubt.