
Anti-merger faction questions legality of Keadilan vote
Unable to block Keadilan's merger with PRM, the party's Abim faction is now questioning the constitutionality of the vote which cleared all remaining obstacles to the union between the two opposition parties.
Keadilan has been likened to a ship tossed in a stormy sea. Since it was set up three years ago, the seams which hold Keadilan's disparate groups together are beginning to fray. Events following its recent party meeting in Sungai Petani hint of a party about to enter unchartered waters.
The call by MCA and other Chinese-based parties for Chinese primary schools be given leeway in implementing the language-switch plan was an utterly unprincipled move, says Keadilan vice-president Tian Chua, now serving time under the Internal Security Act.
The battle may well be over for Snap, but the defunct party's two rival factions are still seeking to outdo each other. The Mawan group, which has gained the upper hand, is now banking on a speedy registration of a new party.