vox populi small thumbnail 'After the Penang fiasco, I thought they would have learned. The only winner that will emerge from this is BN. '

Johor Pakatan in seat allocation deadlock

Prussia blue: This is the second time DAP leaders have gone public with their view on the seat allocations. Why are they giving bullets to BN?

After the Penang fiasco , I thought they would have learned. The only winner that will emerge from this is BN. Is that what they want?

JBGUY: I salute PAS' magnanimity. Both the DAP and PKR should learn from them. Any disputes pertaining to the seat allocation should be resolved behind closed doors and all parties must be open and honest as to who stands the best chance of winning.

Pakatan parties need to work closely with one another and try avoid public spats.

Malaysiawatch4.blogspot: Pakatan's so-called leaders are acting like spoilt brats. If you need to vent it out, do it privately. Or get a punching bag and put on it a picture of the person you dislike and do it in your own home.

Onyourtoes: For once, strive for democracy and a two-party system rather than for party or individual ambitions. If we stick to the above objective, the negotiations should not be that difficult. Seats should be allocated based on each party's acceptability by the constituents, the suitable candidates available and the chances of winning.

It is useless to bite more than what one can chew. Johor PKR chief Chua Jui Meng, you are in a different coalition now, so don't bring along your BN mentality in Pakatan.

Johor DAP chief Dr Boo Cheng Hau, don't be a loose cannon. Being frustrated is inevitable in politics. Maybe to teach all of you a lesson, any seat that PKR and DAP cannot agree on, it shall be given to PAS and let the coalition's members and supporters work for PAS to win.

For those who think that with a big win comes high positions and perks, the next election may not be that easy. It is governance and responsibility you should thinking about.

Dappy: All three coalition parties must work closely to fight BN. Johor is not an easy battleground for Pakatan. PAS is being realistic and PKR should not have fear DAP winning the Chinese-majority seats.

After all, the aim is to win Johor over from BN, which is not easy. The party that has the best chances of winning should get the seat. Don't let down the Johoreans.

Ferdtan: Dr Boo Cheng Hau has crossed the line by airing his grouses in public when the ban is on for all Pakatan members not to do so. If a state leader like him cannot follow a simple rule, what do you expect from the junior members?

Dr Boo must be disciplined: rules should be applied equally, whatever his motive - even if it is for the interest of his party. If rules are not followed, then why have them?

Larry007: Boo is really being politically unprofessional for washing Pakatan's dirty linen in public on seat negotiations. I totally agreed with Chua Jui Meng: any unresolved issues should left it to top Pakatan leadership to settle it.

Concern Ctzen: Boo, the right way to air your opinion or unhappiness is by talking to the top leadership and discuss the matter with them.

What you did in the open may create many unwanted and unnecessary attacks from BN. Respect the Pakatan leadership decision and stop releasing such statements through media. You want to be a leader? Then understand how leaders should operate.

Ex-CM Koh to contest in FT speculation

Alan Goh: Koh, it is suicidal for you or any MCA candidate to contest in the Federal Territory (FT). FT Chinese voters are, firstly, very vocal and support candidates who dare to speak out candidly against the corrupted Umno.

In the 2008 general election, out of 11 parliament seats in FT, Pakatan won 10. The irony is that the mayor for FT is not chosen by winners, but by the losers.

Singa Pura Pura: If it were true that Koh Tsu Koon will contest in Kuala Lumpur, it would be most shameful, both politically and personally. The whole of Gerakan feels that it has been wronged by the people of Penang.

Hence, Koh, as party president and Umno-appointed chief minister, should come back and face the people of Penang. For sure, Umno can find a safe seat for its minions. Why doesn't he contest in an Umno/Mahmud Taib-sponsored seat in Sarawak? That's a sure win, right?

But that is the whole point for Gerakan at this time of its life - hanging as it does in a precarious balance of relevancy.

Is the whole idea simply an effort at Gerakan's revival, spearheaded by an old president with just one shamefully Umno-bestowed seat? Or are we supposed to be talking about a Gerakan ‘renaissance' the likes of which we have never seen since the halcyon days of Dr Lim Chong Eu?

Anonymous: Koh Tsu Koon has served his time. For all he has done or not done, his time's up. It's better he go on his own accord.

Or would he rather he be thrown out through the electoral process? All his contemporaries are gone. Being a highly educated person, why is he not using his brain?

Failing that, common sense says he has come to pass. Indications are everywhere that his chances, wherever he contests, is a foregone conclusion. Why embarrass himself?

Mengxiang: Koh contesting? A snowball has a better chance in hell. Gerakan had its run in Penang till March 8, 2008 came along. If Gerakan people in Penang can't see that, then I only feel sorry for them.

Kgen: Koh may have a slim chance in a rural Malay-majority seat. In an urban seat, he will be a pushover. If it is an urban Chinese-majority seat, he will be humiliated.

Meritocracy: This is Umno's strategy, to make sure all component parties are led by useless people so that they could squeeze them - Chua Soi Lek of MCA has sex scandals, Koh is not wanted by his party but is made a minister so that he will kowtow to Umno; and M Kayveas is allowed to continue ruling PPP so as to divide the Indians in BN.

Artchan: Why is Koh running to KL? Is there anywhere that Koh can go to in Malaysia? The whole country knows that he singlehandedly deliver Penang to Pakatan. Is BN telling us that they have no one else?

 

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