{"id":3764,"date":"2013-02-07T10:57:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T02:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2013-02-07T10:57:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T02:57:24","slug":"mca-is-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/mca-is-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"MCA is finished"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Sakmongkol AK47<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If only 30% of the Malay electorate in each of the parliamentary seat where MCA is the incumbent vote for PKR, then MCA is wiped out.<\/p>\n

But Umno wants to save its Islam-bashing partner at all costs even if it means speaking like an infidel.<\/p>\n

MCA, on its part, must do everything to keep the Chinese intact but it\u2019s facing an uphill battle.<\/p>\n

MCA has lost its credibility and relevance. It goes to town, saying if Pakatan Rakyat wins, then PAS will \u201cTalibanise\u201d everything.<\/p>\n

It claims if Pakatan wins you can\u2019t play mahjong, eat pork, bah kut teh, wash hair, yam seng and all that.<\/p>\n

But we all know that MCA must say that PAS will restrict everything.<\/p>\n

Umno and MCA are playing two sides of the same coin, but the subterfuge is not fooling everyone.<\/p>\n

So, how do we kill off MCA for good? There is a simple formula.<\/p>\n

If only 30% of the Malays vote for Pakatan and 80% of non-Malays vote the same way, MCA is finished. This is all we need.<\/p>\n

MCA can lose all its 15 parliamentary seats in the next general election.<\/p>\n

50% Malays with Pakatan<\/strong><\/p>\n

MCA has 15 parliamentary seats, most of them in Johor. Out of the seven seats in Johor, only two have Malay majority.<\/p>\n

The fact is MCA is safe only in two parliamentary seats \u2013 Air Hitam and Alor Gajah. The rest are shaky if not gone already.<\/p>\n

The prospects of eliminating MCA as such is good. Some 80% to 85% of non-Malays are supporting Pakatan and 50% of the Malays will vote for Pakatan.<\/p>\n

We have many instances where voters in areas with Malay majority gave substantial support to Pakatan.<\/p>\n

In Jerantut, Pahang, for instance, the almost 90% Malay community gave 46% support to Pakatan.<\/p>\n

Therefore Umno can\u2019t assume that just because an area has a majority Malay electorate, it has their big support.<\/p>\n

In 2008, Umno candidates got only two 2 million votes from the 5.7 million Malay voters. That\u2019s only 35% Malay support.<\/p>\n

Let us now assume Pakatan has 30% Malay support and the backing of 80% of non-Malays. This will be enough to ensure MCA is finished. All we need to ensure is the 30:80 formula.<\/p>\n

And if voting goes along the same line as it did in 2008, then Umno is doomed.<\/p>\n

* Sakmongkol AK47 is the pseudonym of former UMNO Pulau Manis State Assemblyman<\/em>\u00a0Dato’\u00a0Mohd.Ariff\u00a0Sabri bin Hj. Abdul Aziz. He has since joined DAP. This article first appeared in Free Malaysia Today.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Sakmongkol AK47 If only 30% of the Malay electorate in each of the parliamentary seat where MCA is the incumbent vote for PKR, then MCA is wiped out. But Umno wants to save its Islam-bashing partner at all costs even if it means speaking like an infidel. MCA, on its part, must do everything […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}