1MDB PM Najib set to have it easy at GE14 with 'die, we die together' Opposition political attitude

Are the Opposition leaders and parties ignorant or just plain selfish, sticking to their 'die, we die together' political attitude

1MDB PM Najib set to have it easy at GE14 with 'die, we die together' Opposition political attitude

Not only Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians never learn from the past, the Opposition are even worse.

And that is why Alliance/BN has been able to rule since Merdeka 1957 until today.

And 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to continue ruling after the next general election (GE) or GE14.

Najib is widely expected to call for a snap GE14 to take advantage of the critically fractured Opposition to consolidate his premiership.

And the Opposition politicians and parties have only themselves to blame for remaining where they are, perhaps for another few decades or so.

Since their defeats in the Sarawak state polls and the twin by-elections in Sungai Besar (Selangor) and Kuala Kangsar (Perak) in June, they have learnt nothing.

They continue to bicker for their own selfish agenda - not wanting to sacrifice an inch for the interest of Malaysians and Malaysia.

Imagine the dilemma of Peninsula Malaysians when they go into GE14 having to choose BN, DAP, PKR, PAS, Amanah and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Pribumi) in multi-cornered contests.

You don’t need a rocket scientist to tell you the outcome of such electoral battles in GE14 - 1MDB PM Najib is set to win with relative ease due to the split Opposition votes!

Unity is strength, but not to Malaysian Opposition leaders and parties

Now News Is Bad News has written quite a bit on this for the past two months but Malaysians have yet to see an iota of change in the attitude of the Opposition leaders and their parties.

Their attitude is akin to "Lets die together politically, even if 1MDB PM Najib's Umno-led BN wins".
They are just unable to comprise a bit of their selfish political agenda for the political change that more than 52% Malaysians are crying for.

Read these for context: http://victorlim2016.blogspot.my/2016/09/this-is-why-1mdb-pm-najibs-bn-is-set-to.html, http://victorlim2016.blogspot.my/2016/09/pakatan-is-finished-its-now-1mdb-pm.html, http://victorlim2016.blogspot.my/2016/09/1mdb-pm-najib-proving-to-be-more-master.html, http://victorlim2016.blogspot.my/2016/09/yes-1mdb-pm-najib-is-set-to-call-for.html and http://victorlim2016.blogspot.my/2016/08/malaysian-politics-facing-reality.html.

So, Malaysians are likely to thank the Opposition for handing electoral victory to the BN on the silver platter in GE14 - not that the BN is popular and strong but because the Opposition is weak and disunited.

Read this latest posting by online news portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT):

"Time running out for opposition parties
Robin Augustin

| October 4, 2016

The peninsula-based parties, in particular, must sort out their mess quickly.

COMMENT

Despite what the prophets of doom are saying, it’s still not impossible for the opposition to achieve its objective of ousting Barisan Nasional from power in the next general election.

However, there has to be a quick resolution of differences between the opposition entities in Peninsular Malaysia, namely Pakatan Harapan, PAS and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.

For starters, they have to decide on a single prime ministerial candidate. Right now, there’s no indication that they will agree on that. Bersatu Chairman Mahathir Mohamad says his party’s president, Muhyiddin Yassin, should assume the post, but Pakatan still wants its jailed leader, Anwar Ibrahim, to take the job and PAS has nominated its president, Abdul Hadi Awang.

Another, and perhaps more important, issue is the question of avoiding multi-corner fights in the election. While every observer of Malaysian politics knows that it’s impossible to defeat BN if most of the fights are multi-cornered, there seems to be no indication of any sort of compromise between the opposition parties to ensure straight fights.

Recently, Muhyiddin voiced confidence that his party could get PAS to agree to such a compromise, but PAS Election Director Mustafa Ali subsequently put a damper on things by stressing that his party would not work with DAP and Amanah, which make up two thirds of Pakatan.

This raises the question of how this cluster of parties can work together at all.

It’s no wonder that Sabah opposition leaders are ditching Pakatan for state-based platforms.

As the peninsula-based opposition parties continue to squabble over who gets to be PM and who wants to work with whom, Sabahan opposition leaders are already getting organised and making their agendas and plans known.

Pakatan must take a good look at itself and ask why so many of its leaders in Sabah have quit their parties in favour of parties with fewer resources. In particular, it must ask itself whether it has paid heed to the sentiments of the grassroots in Sabah and Sarawak, two states that BN has rightly claimed as its “fixed deposits”.

Time is running out for the opposition parties to sort themselves out before GE14.

Opposition leaders in Peninsular Malaysia must quickly sort out the mess so that they can start work on seat negotiations with the new parties in Sabah as well as Sarawak. Otherwise, they are dreaming if they think they can win GE14."