Wednesday, April 08, 2009

No one party won the by-elections.

Its status-quo. All BN, PAS and PKR only managed to defend their seats. No change. New six-day old PM Najib Razak leadership is yet to be truly tested.

BN won Batang Ai - long house voters for long only know the BN symbols on ballot papers. They were unfamiliar with PKR symbol. They are well taken care of by the politics of development of BN government under CM Taib Mahmud and are well in comfort zone.

PKR won Bukit Selambau - with the help of Malay voters who did not want Kedah government under the humble and soft spoken PAS MB Azizan's rule dented by losing the state seat. The Indian voters are still the same,not happy with the MIC under 'whole life' President Samy Vellu for not taking care of their welfare and rights.

PAS won Bukit Gantang - as the Malay voters still sympathised with technically ousted Perak MB Nizar Jamalluddin. The Chinese voters are still not happy with MCA Chinese leaders for not doing much to help their folks. The Indian voters not favouring PPP or MIC for the same reasons.

The latest development in UMNO politics, the new PM's 'wow factors' of ISA detainees release, 'peoples first, performance now' slogan, one Malaysia policy, clean leadership and with integrity, etc., doesn't help much as it still have yet to sink into the hearts and minds of the people. Thus, these by election results are not really a referendum on Najib, or Pakatan Rakyat gaining strength, but just to maintain the status-quo as the fever of the 12the General election has not yet dissipated.