It was true that DAP has fielded Malay candidates in the previous election. The idea was to prove that DAP is not a solely Chinese party. But now since the political landscape has changed tremendously, DAP will play the game cautiously. DAP will promote the campaign " Vote DAP" regardless who is the candidate.For this coming 13th GE, Malay candidates will be put if the safe DAP seat. So DAP has to sacrifice the safe Chinese majority seat to the Malays. There will be some negative reactions among the DAP leaders and voters but after listening to the agenda, most will withdraw their satisfaction.
DAP does not want to see the same Perak episode. They have to rely on PAS candidate to take the seat of MB. If they have a Malay candidates in 2008, it would be a smooth transition.
Now DAP is preparing for any turn around of support. Their ultimate goal is to take control of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) . In the future they can even move alone without the support of PKR or PAS, since the members composition has changed in DAP.
In the case of DAP winning the state with majority seats, they will proceed into appointing their Malay candidate without consulting PKR or PAS. Are PKR and PAS becoming irrelevant in this situation? Eventually, DAP will go solo leaving her partners blinking as what have they done wrong to receive such cold treatment. With issues such hudud championed by PAS and uncertain political future of Anwar Ibrahim, DAP is preparing themselves to take over the opposition helm.
9th of January will see another twist in Malaysian political landscape. We will see how DAP behave and whether PAS friendly gesture towards PKR will remains. ( KL Report)
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