I have deliberately omitted addressing this post to Bersatu, with good reason, which I will make known in the course of this post.
Anyone remember Loh Gwo Burne?
The man behind the camera in the VK Lingam scandal?
He stood on a PKR ticket in the 12th GE, in the parliamentary constituency of Kelana Jaya.
Practically everyone I spoke to was convinced he would lose.
Truth be told, I spoke once in Kelana Jaya, campaigning for him, but never expected him to win.
He did.
Gwo Burne was the benefactor of enough default votes, coming from voters who had simply ‘had it’ with UMNO / BN.
These were not “We love Gwo Burne” or “We love PKR” votes.
In the 12th GE, you were benefactors of default votes, which reached tsunamic proportions in Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor.
At the federal level, those default votes served to deny UMNO / BN their customary 2/3 majority in the Dewan Rakyat.
It’s often said that I was the co-founder of Anything But UMNO.
Not true.
The rakyat who delivered default votes to you, then in opposition, in the 12th GE were the ones who gave life to ABU.
The challenge, post the 12th GE, for you, DAP, PKR and those previously in PAS and now in Amanah, and who later came together to form Pakatan Rakyat, was to use the state governments under your stewardship to showcase to the nation how you would steer this nation if you ever attained to federal power.
In other words, turn the ABU votes of the 12th GE into We Love PR votes in the 13th GE.
Come the 13th GE and that hadn’t happened.
14th GE, there was no more PR.
Bersatu, comprising many who were much despised whilst still in UMNO, had now teamed up with you to form Pakatan Harapan.
Bersatu members have never, in the 12th and 13th GE, been the benefactors of default votes delivered in the hope of ridding this nation of UMNO / BN rule.
Hence, this post is not addressed to Bersatu.
And, yes, this time, on 9th May, 2018, UMNO / BN were brought to their knees.
Still, though, by default, ABU votes, not by We Love PH votes.
In the 10 years since the tsunami in 2008, you had failed to turn “We Despise UMNO / BN” votes into “We Love Amanah, DAP, PKR” votes.
What should you make of the recently concluded Tanjung Piai by-election?
You have zero balance in the ABU vote bank.
No more default votes for you, simply because the voters despise UMNO / BN.
You are government today by default, not because you were loved on 9th May, last year.
It is time you do what needs to be done to earn our love and respect.
Not sure how to?
I will tell you how.
Soon.
The People's Parliament 
bigjoe99
November 19, 2019
Unfortunately, even turning the ABU votes, absolutely necessary, may not be enough. They need to replace or negate the Mahathir-Bersatu votes and there has never been a real plan. They just did not think it through what they knew could happen and would be necessary.
Mahathir in fact, thought it through, the plan was to have Azmin take over and coopt PKR and Amanah who will then force DAP to be in or he would bring in some combination of UMNO-PAS.
Anwar never had a real plan, that is the real problem. Only possible salvation is does Rafizi-Nurul have one?
kayteemoc
December 21, 2019
Ignoring Anwar for a second, when Mahathir leaves, as he must eventually, and then when PKR split up, as she will, where does that leave Anwar? No power, nowhere.
After Mahathir and Anwar are gone, who will be Pakatan’s leader (PM), assuming Pakatan lasts that long for us to worry about this?
DAP won’t be able to provide a strong popular Malay leader at this stage, nor will a DAP Chinese leader be accepted as PM. DAP will not accept Azmin Ali nor anyone from Islamic Amanah.
I don’t know the answer, but I see the scary lack of a new set of leadership in Pakatan.