I would say the March 8, 12th general election results were the first wave of the tsunami. The voters in general had voted with their conscience and displayed political maturity rising above race and religion. So far, the Pakatan Rakyat states are doing fine and getting better by the day in spite of direct and indirect pressure from BN.

The Pakatan states are playing it cool and getting on with their agenda and displaying people-centric governance. All the Pakatan leaders are doing fine cooperating and complementing each another in their operations.

This is what the voters want - more action and less talk. If the Pakatan states stay clean, transparent, honest, committed and deliver to the people, the 13th general election will bring on the second tsunami wave.

The second wave will see Pakatan states not only having full control of their states but will see more states falling into Pakatan hands via the domino effect.

The BN greatest and irreversible mistake was not to capitalise on their first tsunami wave in 2004 when the rakyat gave Abdullah Ahmad Badawi such great support. Had BN capitalised on this first wave in 2004 delivering all their promises, then the recent election would have brought on BN’s second tsunami wave.

BN paid a very heavy price for taking the voters for granted with their arrogance and for failing to touch base with the people they govern, especially the younger generation which does not like things shoved down their throats. Respect has to be earned, as they say.

Granted that both BN and Pakatan are going to do a good job till the next general election, I don’t see how BN can regain the states they lost. Satisfied Pakatan voters are very unlikely to change their vote.

BN must understand that the voters’ mentality has spun 180 degrees and they are voting across race and religion and what Pakatan advocates appeals to them tremendously.

If BN and its components parties fail to reinvent themselves to move with the changing voting patterns, they will be vapourised for good. Unlike Pakatan, for BN to reinvent itself requires great political will to see it through.

Time will tell whether they can make it or not. From what I observe, BN is still in a denial syndrome and generally still groping in the dark. For BN to do damage control now is a little too late, but they have no choice if they want to survive the second tsunami wave..

In contrast, the Pakatan states are breaking new grounds and generally the Pakatan voters are more than happy with them.