What The Third By-Election Loss In A Row For Pakatan Says Of Bolehland

Pakatan's third straight by-election loss at Rantau says two things about Bolehland.

One, Bolehland is chronically trapped in the narrative of race and religion. Malay voters are easily swayed by politicians who cleverly exploit the Malay fear of losing their position in the scheme of things.

It does not matter whether there is any truth to the claim of Malays losing their position. All it takes is to put the fear into them. All other issues become secondary. It is unfortunate that many Malay voters still can't think independently for themselves.

Two, the Pakatan government is in sixes and sevens. Nobody seems to be in charge. Except for a few, the lot of the newbie Pakatan ministers are largely lost at sea and inarticulate. They talk of black shoes and socks instead of bread and butter issues and how they are going to solve those for the people.

Nobody seems to have any idea what they are offering to the nation. Ask any Bolehlander what the Pakatan government has done for them and most would only shake their heads in wonder. What they will tell you, though, is that the Pakatan government has failed their expectations.

Cost of living has shot up, despite the Pakatan election promise to contain the monster, among other pledges the Pakatan government has failed to fulfill. The Pakatan government has also failed to be firm where it needs to be, going back on proposals at the first sign of opposition protest, noteably on the ratification of ICERD and the Rome Statute.

All this has only shown up the Pakatan government as weak and unable to govern, and has emboldened the opposition to play on race and religion issues the more, to the detriment of common sense.