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What happens if the popular vote in GE16 does not go to the DAP and PKR?
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13, 2025: The current fiery spat on the recognition of the 50-year-old Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) was reignited by DAP’s crushing defeat in the 17th Sabah Election.
Multi-racial Malaysians, especially the Chinese community, dumped the DAP in all eight seats it contested, including its incumbent seats.
The media have been reporting that Sabah DAP’s crushing defeat in the Nov 29 election should serve as a warning for Penang DAP.
However, the media seems to have lost sight of an important aspect of the election results.
That the results also showed that the Chinese community had not only abandoned the DAP but also opted for a Muslim leader, Warisan’s Shafie Apdal, to be their leader.
This shows the Chinese trusted Shafie more than DAP and the other Semenanjong parties like Barisan Nasional (BN), Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH).
There is also one significant observation, that is multi-racial Sabahans and Malaysians had actually given Warisan the popular vote.
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So, what if this trend also strikes in the next general election (GE16) due in 2027?
What will happen to the DAP and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s PKR?
Your guess is as good as mine!
However, should the DAP is forced by Anwar to leave PH, then there is a possibility of a coalition government that features an East Malaysian Muslim leader as the 11th Prime Minister of Malaysia after GE16.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below articles on the issues:
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Oh, isn’t it just heartwarming when the Prime Minister turns into the fierce guardian of Bahasa Malaysia, thumping his chest about “defending the national language” like it’s an endangered species? The UEC must be rejected because its main instruction language is Mandarin.
Meanwhile, the same Anwar cheerfully accepts English-language O- and A-Level certificates without batting an eyelid.
Politics and Hypocrisy at work here, folks!
The crown jewel of hypocrisy: UiTM, where almost every single course is taught in English. Yes, the university that’s practically 100% reserved for bumiputera students can’t even be bothered to lecture in the sacred national language they’re supposedly dying to protect.
So spare me the noble speeches. This whole UEC circus has zero to do with language and everything to do with KMI and a show of political power over the Chinese community.
Its all about Anwar chasing the Malay vote in the next GE. Anwar wouldn’t dare touch it with a ten-foot pole, because heaven forbid a single Malay voter gets slightly miffed and costs him GE16.
Truly inspiring leadership, guys. Truly inspiring.
Mr Rocket, you are wasting your time, and wasting my time. Stop your play acting. You don’t have to show the Chinese how hard you are fighting. Why don't you fight hypocrisy?
“If UEC can’t be recognised to preserve BM’s dignity, then why every single course at UiTM is taught in English?”
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SUCH is the immediate reaction by renowned political commentator Prof James Chin to ‘original’ news report that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has rebuked calls by DAP to reognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) on grounds that it runs foul of the position of Bahasa Malaysia (BM) in the Federal Constitution.
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Oh, isn’t it just heartwarming when PMX turns into the fierce guardian of BM, thumping his chest about defending the national language like it’s an endangered species? The UEC must be rejected because its main instruction language is Mandarin,” he teased on his Facebook page.
“Meanwhile, the same Anwar cheerfully accepts English-language O- and A-Level certificates without batting an eyelid. Politics and hypocrisy at work here, folks!”
This was when the inaugural director of the Asia Institute at the University of Tasmania went on to drop an even bigger bombshell – the very fact that majority of Universiti Teknologi MARA’s (UiTM) academic programmes and subjects are taught in English!
The crown jewel of hypocrisy: UiTM where almost every single course is taught in English. Yes, the university that’s practically 100% reserved for Bumiputera students can’t even be bothered to lecture in the sacred national language they’re supposedly dying to protect.
So spare me the noble speeches. This whole UEC circus has zero to do with language and everything to do with KMI (Chin’s self-coined ‘Ketuanan Melayu Islam’ a.k.a. Malay Muslim supremacy) and a show of political power over the Chinese community.
It’s all about Anwar chasing the Malay vote in the next GE (general election). Anwar wouldn’t dare touch it with a ten-foot pole because heaven forbid a single Malay voter gets slightly miffed and costs him GE16.
Truly inspiring leadership, guys. Truly inspiring. Mr Rocket (referring to DAP), you are wasting your time and wasting my time. Stop your play acting. You don’t have to show the Chinese how hard you’re fighting. Why don’t you fight hypocrisy?
Editor’s Note: By the way, DAP lawmaker Syahredzan Johan has very recently rebutted ‘damaging’ news reports claiming that PMX has rejected the push to recognise the UEC.
“There was absolutely nothing in PMX’s statement suggesting that the UEC or any other language was outright rejected. You can watch the video recording if you do not believe so,” clarified the Bangi MP and DAP national vice-chairman.
“Utusan (Malaysia) has already corrected its headline. Harian Metro and Berita Harian have deleted the reports that misrepresented what PMX said.
“But the original “news” has already gone viral. Many online media simply picked up the early reports claiming that PMX rejected the UEC. Oh My Media. Lumi News. Others as well, including Chinese-language media.
“And thus came all kinds of responses based on the headline that PMX rejected the UEC. In Malay, it was said that PMX was firm. In English, it was said that PMX ‘declared war’ on non-Malays. I’m not sure about the reaction in Chinese.”
Siti Kasim: It’s not about language!
On the same wavelength with Chin who is also the senior associate at the Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies (TCLC) of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is none other than vocal human rights activist and lawyer Siti Kasim.
Here is the verbatim take of the Orang Asli advocate:
It’s very simple. These people are opposed to the recognition of UEC is because they’re not able to control the syllabus in these independent Chinese schools.
They want to put in their brainwashing subjects as we can see in our national schools. It’s important they infiltrate the education in order to influence the minds of our young. It’s not about the language.
It’s about them having control on what should be taught in schools. With these independent Chinese schools, they are unable to do so. Well, that is what I think and I suspect this view is not far from the truth.
https://youtu.be/TPSCY9bP-1A (WHY ARE THEY SO INSISTENT IN REJECTING UEC? IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LANGUAGE PEOPLE…)
These people are also worried that the national curriculum and the standard of national schools are lagging far behind international standards while the UEC students have become more competitive than those who have gone through our national curriculum and national schools.
If we want to stop this debate, our government should first elevate the national education system to be on par with the UEC; then stop all these religious subjects. If parents are so concerned about the hereafter, send your kids to religious school after normal school hours.
We are living in a world of globalisation. And yet our so-called political leaders are still mentally chained – either for power control or for reasons only known to them. At least Sarawak is leading the way and from I understand, Sabah is following suit.
To all Malaysians, we need to have leaders with foresight for the future of our country and our children.
If we don’t elect leaders who are courageous enough to make the change now, Malaysia will fall behind from other neighbouring countries. Our children are the future of Malaysia. – Dec 13, 2025
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UEC: Dong Zong won't beg, but hopes PM shows wisdom and courage
Published: Dec 13, 2025 11:33 AM
The United Chinese School Committees Association (Dong Zong) has voiced hope that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will demonstrate political wisdom and courage to overcome obstacles to recognising the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC).
Dong Zong president Tan Yew Sing pointed out that failure to recognise UEC could worsen Malaysia’s brain drain, but the group would neither beg nor compromise the certificate’s core characteristics to secure it.
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Sabah drubbing a wake-up call, says Penang DAP grassroots leader
Bukit Tambun DAP chief Teoh Seang Hooi urges Penang DAP and PH to engage more with voters and understand their concerns before it's too late.
DAP has led the Penang state government continuously since March 2008 following its victory in the 12th general election. (Bernama pic)
GEORGE TOWN: Sabah DAP’s crushing defeat in the Nov 29 state election, where it lost all eight seats it contested, should serve as a warning for Penang DAP, a division leader said.
Bukit Tambun DAP chief Teoh Seang Hooi said Pakatan Harapan had already experienced a wake-up call in 2023, after its unity alliance with Barisan Nasional won only 29 seats at the state election, down from the 37 won by PH in 2018.
He said that while Chinese voters in the state have not abandoned the party, they remain concerned about unresolved issues such as justice for the late political aide Teoh Beng Hock and recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC).
“Go and look at the strong comments on Facebook, where netizens are asking when DAP is going to talk to our Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim about recognising the UEC examination which Sabah and Sarawak recognised long ago,” he told FMT.
Teoh acknowledged the political balancing act faced by both DAP’s central leadership and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
“If he (Anwar) were to announce that (the government) recognises UEC, then the Malay voters will fire back, as will opposition parties like Perikatan Nasional.
“But at the same time, I think we’d better do something before what happened in Sabah happens in West Malaysia too,” he said.
He expressed confidence in Penang DAP chief Steven Sim’s ability to drive reforms but stressed that change requires the collective effort of the state leadership committee.
At the grassroots level, Teoh, who also serves as treasurer of the Batu Kawan DAP parliamentary liaison committee, said the committee will table a resolution at its biennial election this Sunday to urge Penang PH to form a special task force ahead of the next general election.
“Prepare to go to the ground to understand the attitude of voters towards DAP — not only the Chinese and Indians, but also the Malays.”
Penang DAP organising secretary Phee Boon Chee said the Sabah defeat has raised concerns of a “spillover effect” in the peninsula, prompting the need for damage control.
He claimed that the party’s detractors have been deliberately spreading the narrative that DAP is losing its core support, which some voters are starting to believe.
“The silent majority is yet to speak up, and they will do so at the ballot boxes. That’s the worrying part,” he told FMT.
A senior DAP member, speaking on condition of anonymity, noted that some leaders, particularly the party’s Indian representatives, have lost touch with grassroots voters, and were relying too heavily on Chinese support instead of cultivating long-term Indian voter loyalty.
“These leaders should be working on creating a team of people who are genuine about building an Indian support base, and then start strategies to get Indians to retain the Indian community’s support,” the source told FMT.
DAP currently dominates Penang, having been in power since 2008, and plays a key role in the state governments of Selangor and Perak, where it wields significant influence.
However, its presence is limited in other states. In Johor, the party holds 12 seats but is not part of the state government, while in Melaka and Sarawak, its influence remains minimal.
The party saw all its eight candidates defeated in the Sabah state election, losing six former stronghold seats and ending up without representation in the state assembly.
At federal level, DAP holds 40 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, making it the second-largest party after opposition PAS, which has 43 seats.
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