We can work our socks off in Parts 1 and 2 of Phase 1 of the ABU War, and it will all come to naught if we do not get this most important Part 3 right.
Yes, enough 3 cornered contests in the 222 parliamentary constituencies caused by the inability of the opposition parties to collectively offer only 222 candidates in all the parliamentary seats, and be ready to see UMNO /BN take Putrajaya again.
Please read the following first.
Can BN lose Sabah? Boleh Bah Kalau…
SAPP bouyant about pact with Pakatan
Star will work with ‘any’ coalition that wins
The following excerpt from the 4th report above, quoting my friend, Jeffrey Kitingan, troubles greatly.
“Are they negotiating with Pakatan, or are they with the Borneo Alliance? If they decide to work with Pakatan then SAPP will be part of the Malaya Agenda as we see BN and PR (Pakatan) as the Malaya Agenda while we see ourselves as Agenda Borneo”.
STAR with a Borneo Agenda and Pakatan with a Malaya Agenda?
Is this how we plan to wrest Sabah and Putrajaya from UMNO / BN?
The first article above, by Kee Tuan Chye, makes mention of the state seat of Inanam in Sabah. Read about the result there in 2008 HERE.
Note that if both DAP and PKR had resolved to offer only one candidate between them, BN would have lost.
I hear that DAP is still insistent on contesting Inanam, even as Daniel John Jambun, who contested in 2008 on a PKR ticket, is now slated to contest there on a STAR Sabah ticket.
BN to take Inanam again, then?
Need a reminder about the last by-election result in Batu Sapi? Go HERE.
Tussle for Jelapang between DAP and PSM on-going?
I suggested a resolution HERE.
Kua Kia Soong came up with something better HERE.
DAP will not have any of this. Read HERE.
On 14th February, this year, this is what I wrote here in his blog :
“We have 222 parliamentary seats.
Immediately after the 12th GE, the divide was 140 seats to BN, and 82 to opposition.
With 6 PKR members declaring themselves independent but, by their actions, decidedly BN-friendly, together with Ibrahim Ali, the divide now is BN still 140, opposition 75 and 7 BN-friendly independent MPs.
That’s where we are now.
We’ve done our homework, and identified the vulnerable BN seats that can be taken and the vulnerable opposition seats that need to be defended.
In Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak.
For obvious reasons, I’m not going to detail those seats I’ve just mentioned.
Suffice to say that, if we can prise those vulnerable seats away from BN, and successfully defend the existing opposition seats, we should take Putrajaya with a total of 141 seats.
Now, I want to clarify here that by ‘we’, I do not mean Pakatan Rakyat.
I mean the 3 Pakatan parties, working cohesively with the many other non-BN parties in Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak.
And us, the rakyat.
Lets be very, very clear about this.
Pakatan Rakyat cannot and will not be able to bring BN to its knees by itself.
Its going to require the combined force of all these parties working towards 1 goal : ABU.
And that will require them to bury party egos, adopt a give and take attitude and work it so that we offer only 1 candidate in every constituency”.
Left on their own, the political parties will not put aside party interest.
Such is their nature.
We must send a strong message out to the opposition parties that, as the ABU initiative hits the ground to take a message to the rakyat that it is time to bury UMNO/BN and deliver Putrajaya into the hands of a new regime, these parties must do their part to optimise the prospects of this becoming a reality.
We at ABU have some thoughts on this most important aspect of Phase 1 of the ABU War, but we would like to hear your thoughts.
I leave you all with this question and concern that I had shared with you in an earlier post.
How do we get the non-BN political party leaders to also prioritise ABU and put aside party interests, to ensure straight contests with BN in all constituencies?
Mark my words, if there is no rakyat intervention in this matter, we are going to see a repeat of the Batu Sapi by-election in many constituencies come the 13th GE.
The People's Parliament 
stormy days ahead
December 12, 2012
thanks haris .thanks for being you.
yes agree totally with you.
please pr put aside your self interest and get the big picture right…..
if not alamak another 5 years of bn… we are doomed….
like stage 4b cancer…,
just look at the shit they are spewing desperate actions and the utter shit from mahashito mahalooto ‘s mouth…
i shudder to think of another 5 yrs …under bn.. dont think the nation can tahan.,.
Concerned Malaysian
December 12, 2012
“Left on their own, the political parties will not put aside party interest.
Such is their nature.”
Herein lies the root to all problems in Malaysia politics! Individual Interest > Party Interest > National Interest.
Until politicians can think in reverse, Malaysian democracy (if you can call it) will not progress. If/when ABU succeeds, the symptoms of the disease will remain as the cause of the disease remains untreated.
What you are fighting is a battle. Win the ABU battle and you’ve still got to win the war. It’s not just about ABU!
Piqued
December 12, 2012
I don’t think we can avoid 3 or more cornered contests. What we can do instead is to clearly identify who amongst the 3 plus ABU favours and why. I think the why is important. We then need to spread the message locally.
Then let the rakyat decide. Hopefully someone will lose his deposit.
Let’s not get caught up in PR politicking. Double-dealing and back stabbing is an integral part of any politicians DNA, be it BN or PR.
jessyjames
December 12, 2012
A lot of times have been said that the rakyat decide who they want to govern the nation. Isn’t priority be given to them to decide who they want to vote for. Looking at some of the possible candidates from pr, we do see candidates with integrity problem and a likely chance of jumping ship due to money and position. With that kind of scenerio, we need the third force with quality candidates to act as check and balance. The enlighten rakyat should be given that choice to vote who they want and not on party line. Bangkit rakyat.
sunwayopal
December 12, 2012
I think you may not b able to avoid fully 3 sided contests , especially in Sabah and maybe to a lesser extent Sarawak.
In the event that this is totally unavoidable, my suggestion is for all the non poltical parties that comes under the ABU umbrella to select ONE PARTY NATIONWIDE (so that the thrust is not lost if we support indivudally) and BACK them to the HILT! disregard the other parties no matter who the candidate.
This would serve :-
1) as a final back up plan in event negotiations fail totally
2) remind the political parties if all ABU organisations stand together and will ONLY BACK one party, then maybe they will wake up and start being serious in their discussions.
S. Menon
December 12, 2012
Haris, you ask, “How do we get the non-BN political party leaders to also prioritise ABU and put aside party interests, to ensure straight contests with BN in all constituencies?” I would add a corollary to that. Ask the candidates to put aside all “personal interests too”! Ask them to put Sabah first and foremost on their agenda. Most Sarawakian would-be leaders are little better.
It is the old equation all over again. Power equals money, money equals power, more power equals more money, repeated ad nauseam.
The Sabah politicians, of all parties, jockey for candidature across party lines showing little, if any, loyalty to any particular party. They constantly hop from one party to another, wherever they think an opportunity for self-aggrandisement will arise. In my opinion, many of them lack both political awareness and maturity.
PKR, not surprisingly, is seen as a Malaya-based party with its interests focussed from a WEST Malaysian persective. And, quite candidly, they have not helped matters much by trying to foist West Malaysian politicians into the East Malaysian scene. There is, too, a lot of suspicion that most of PKR’s heirarchy consists of ex-UMNO characters who seem to have acquired and refuse to give up the UMNO arrogant mindset. Some of them are frogs awaiting the oppportunity to leap across the divide to sustain personal ambitions.
DAP seems determined to go it alone, to contest and gather as many seats as they can. While this may be good for DAP, it creates a deivide and lots of disunity within the coalition. They need to either stand on their own, or trim their sails and make firm collective decisions to bolster the strength of the PR coalition.
PAS, with its low profile in East Malaysia, stands very little chance in Sabah and Sarawak except in areas with large Muslim majorities.
So, in the end, it comes down to this. Which candidate do we support? The would-be frogs, the opportunists, or PR/PKR/DAP/PAS just because they are from PR/PKR/DAP/PAS? Or do we go for candidates we REALLY KNOW AND CAN TRUST? If the latter, how are we to decide since we know so very little about them?
Allen
December 12, 2012
Haris, I have often admired what you are doing for our country and I hope to meet you someday..
Such is the nature of polticians that it is very hard for them to put aside party and personal interest above national interest and try to work out a compromise and go one-on-on with the devil.
This is especially so when you get people like Jeffrey saying that they will work with anybody who wins Putrajaya. This man cannot be trusted. I resided in Sabah for 27 years and during that time I have observed some Sabah politicians especially Jeffrey jumping around like jumping beans every time when he sees a chance to be on the winning side until no political parties dare to accept him anymore lest they be tagged a “frog” party. Even one of his brothers, Laurentius personally told me so.
What would your contingency plans be if Pakatan and the other opposition parties fails to work out a compromise resulting in 3 or more cornered fights? What Piqued suggested sounds reasonable.
As for the phantom voters problem, I viewed a You Tube post on one of the speeches by Superman Hew where he suggested a way in which the rakyat can help to minimise this problem. He said that on the day of the voting, when we queued up to vote and see anyone queuing in front or behind that resembles and sounds like an indonesian, a filipino, a pakistani, a bangladeshi or a myammarese, we should chat with them and engage them in a friendly way. Then ask them to sing Negaraku. Most times these phantoms can’t do it and it is then we shout “hantu” and Pakatan should have volunteers nearby to come forward and nab these people. Hopefully, with the rakyat’s support, we can neutralise the cheating by the devil and deliver Putrajaya to Pakatan.
Wave33
December 12, 2012
Concerned Malaysian quote: “Herein lies the root to all problems in Malaysia politics! Individual Interest > Party Interest > National Interest.”
I cannot agree more. Only an overhaul of election and selection is needed to put matter in place. All the component parties will fight tooth and nail for a seat. PKR is the worst. The best would be PAS. PKR has always been the money (they are still infected by UMNO virus and some are in hibernation), PAS and DAP are least about money, but one is more towards religious matter compare with the other, about equal citizen opportunity but somehow being branded as racist. The branding done by BN, is to create an imaginary incompatibility and heighten it by further politicizing it by means of religion and race. In politics, there are no room for religion and race.
So diverse, hopefully ABU could bring them together and closer too. But leaders like Anwar and Hadi Awang has to take the lead. The kind of example that Karpal Singh is emulating.
It took days for Hadi Awang to speak up about hair salon in Kota Baru. I would have died of constipation because of the duration.
Hopeless but with ABU, there is hope.
Nurul Ashikin
December 12, 2012
What makes me worried is will pr again nominated a troublesome candidates? These candidates must not be allowed to be a candidate in order to stand together with ABU’s aim. Otherwise, it’s irrelevant to bring down a corrupt government by replaces it, with the corrupt government. What’s the point?
Wave33
December 12, 2012
Nurul,
You got a point but it is not irrelevant, as to say.
I believe on the philosophy that “New Broom Sweep Clean”. Always!
PR has more or less agreed to The People’s Declaration [click below]
Click to access The_Peoples_Declaration.pdf
The present regime has not bothered to address it. Our beloved PM says change and transformation. In what? Better way to siphon Rakyat’s money without being notice. Like the money trail in Sorpene isn’t long and sophisticated enough, BN need to reform it to be undetectable?
The Rakyat already told UMNO what reform we need, all falls on the deaf ears of the corrupt and arrogant regime whom suppress the need of the people and for the people.
We need to get our four pillars of democracy back which have been demolish by the dictator for the pass 22 years in power. Namely, executive, legislative, judiciary and monarchy.
UMNO blatantly REFUSE to do it. PR is our only hope and not irrelevant.
Hasnan Yunus
December 13, 2012
Salaam to all & dedicated ABUs’ sympathisers, the election campaign for GE 13th is ON!, till 20th March 2013, but, as usual, not officially informed by SPR, since Parliment is not dissolved yet, nevertheless, the campaign is vigorously ongoing, short of a mere 100 days! officially, it’s only 2 weeks…peoples’ awareness shud be more harnessed on the consequences & impact of their 1 vote for the next 5 years of government of the day…tq…wassalam…nan 123
>________________________________ > From: The People’s Parliament >To: petronas_rantau@yahoo.co.uk >Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 13:55 >Subject: [New comment] ABU War Phase 1 Part 3 : 222 opposition candidates in 222 straight fights > > > WordPress.com >Wave33 commented: “Nurul, You got a point but it is not irrelevant, as to say. I believe on the philosophy that “New Broom Sweep Clean”. Always! PR has more or less agreed to The People’s Declaration [click below] http://mt.m2day.org/The_Peoples_Declaration.pdf “
Hasnan Yunus
December 13, 2012
InsyaAllah, if parliament seats can be won by the current opposition, especially in Sarawak & Sabah, then, the current opposition will be the government of the day, after GE 13th, Amin…just look at the current state & standards of living in those 2 states today, after BN ruled all this while..phatetic, the 2 states are wealthy in oil & gas, timber, estates revenue..etc…but, where does the rakyat share the wealth & gains, there’s no revenue returned, but, only gained by a handful of opportunists all this while..yet the income tax & subsidies is harrased to be increased the income tax i.e. more revenue? & reduce the subsidies i.e. more revenue to cover administration costs, salaries & perks of government employees, not including MPs’ & State Wakil Rakyats, which comprise of approx. 1.5 million out of the Malaysian population of approx. 27 million? only 1.5/27 will benefit out of the country’s wealth, almost 23% only, the remaining 77% of the population will be maintained in the poor category!!! Should’nt that be changed as a consequence/impact of the results of the forthcoming GE 13th?, InsyaAllah…Amin…nan 123
>________________________________ > From: The People’s Parliament >To: petronas_rantau@yahoo.co.uk >Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 12:38 >Subject: [New comment] ABU War Phase 1 Part 3 : 222 opposition candidates in 222 straight fights > > > WordPress.com >Nurul Ashikin commented: “What makes me worried is will pr again nominated a troublesome candidates? These candidates must not be allowed to be a candidate in order to stand together with ABU’s aim. Otherwise, it’s irrelevant to bring down a corrupt government by replaces it, wit”
fahhean
December 12, 2012
thank you Haris
zik
December 12, 2012
Dear Bro Harris,
Your arguement is 100 % right! But pls do something fast about this!!
We only have 100 days left!!
nan
December 13, 2012
InsyaAllah, if parliament seats can be won by the current opposition, especially in Sarawak & Sabah, then, the current opposition will be the government of the day, after GE 13th, Amin…just look at the current state & standards of living in those 2 states today, after BN ruled all this while..phatetic, the 2 states are wealthy in oil & gas, timber, estates revenue..etc…but, where does the rakyat share the wealth & gains, there’s no revenue returned, but, only gained by a handful of opportunists all this while..yet the income tax & subsidies is harrased to be increased the income tax i.e. more revenue? & reduce the subsidies i.e. more revenue to cover administration costs, salaries & perks of government employees, not including MPs’ & State Wakil Rakyats, which comprise of approx. 1.5 million out of the Malaysian population of approx. 27 million? only 1.5/27 will benefit out of the country’s wealth, almost 23% only, the remaining 77% of the population will be maintained in the poor category!!! Should’nt that be changed as a consequence/impact of the results of the forthcoming GE 13th?, InsyaAllah…Amin…nan 123
paknie
December 13, 2012
I have been to both Sabah & Swk. is this the way BN treated their so-called fixed deposit?no devt.at all for all these yrs..the rakyat here are still loyal to BN??!! I hail from Bayan Baru Pg which have 10 times devlpmnt than these 2 states together.CHANGE !!1