Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has been accused of being “two-faced” when he proposed solutions for the leadership crisis in MCA and not for that in Perak.

dap mooncake festival 031009 nizar In a recent interview with Malaysiakini , ousted Perak menteri besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said Najib should step in to resolve the Perak crisis.

"He (Najib) had the guts to instruct MCA to settle their problems as it affected the Barisan National and took pride offering solutions to resolve the crisis.

                    

“Likewise, he should also do the same role in the Perak crisis,” said Nizar.

In part two of an interview, Nizar talks about his slight apprehension over Malay votes should a snap polls be held, and Pakatan Rakyat attempts to regain the support it enjoyed before the power grab by BN.

Malaysiakini: If snap polls are called within the next month, do you think Pakatan can get back the state?

Nizar: I'm very confident that we will not only succeed in winning but (we would have) outstanding (results), better than how we fared in the 12th General Election.

What about the Malay voters?

The support from Malay electorate has dropped by about seven to eight percent but our past performance and a new electorate will spur us to double out efforts win back support.

But it has to be done within two months. My biggest worry is the 55,000 newly-registered voters. Most of them were registered by Umno NGOs, and may get 80 percent support if elections are held.

But the list has not been gazetted, so we will use the voters list for the last quarter and not the end of quarter of 2009. My worry is if we (go beyond) March or even April, there be a possibility that they will use the latest list of voters for the last quarter of 2009.

Why didn't Pakatan register their own voters?

We did… DAP registered a considerable number, so did PKR, PAS and our supporters’ clubs but not as many Umno. But within Pakatan, DAP has got the largest record of new voters.

DAP has done well in Penang and Selangor too...

There are reasons behind that because most of the new voters that DAP registered were (mostly) Chinese from urban and suburban areas and those were the ones with access to information. Whereas PAS and PKR, rely heavily on rural folk in remote areas, who are generally reluctant to part with their passports or MyKads needed to register them as voters.

What are the chances of the state assembly being dissolved soon?

The chances are good, because No 1: The Federal Court has finished (its) submission as well as the trial. Judgment should not be delayed as it is an important constitutional matter binding on the judiciary. It puts a lot of pressure on the panel of five judges also on the chief justice.

No 2: Najib cannot afford to live in an environment where he says, '1Malaysia' but in reality, there are several ‘Peraks’. The people are watching this dichotomy between what Najib is saying and what is happening in practice.

NONE No 3: If we look at the solution proposed by Najib and Muhyiddin to resolve the crisis in MCA, what Najib is proposing is exactly what PR is proposing to settle the crisis of Perak.

The crisis in MCA is already six months old and Perak is affected too, as traditionally the leaders of MCA mostly come from Perak.

So when MCA has a crisis, Perak feels it the most. It's the divine hand of God at work. People see the dual face of Najib. If you have the guts to command MCA to solve their problem because it would affect BN, he should also play the same role in the Perak, and without any delay and speed up the dissolution of the state assembly and pave the way for fresh polls.

Part 1

Pakatan losing Malay support in Perak

Q&A: Regaining support via 'Facebook'