PKR DUN 19 Kepayan P174 Penampang, Sabah. |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2011 09:19 PM PDT
According to Dr Roland Chia Ming Shen – PKR Supreme Council member upon arriving back from Kuching congratulated PKR Sarawak as PKR continued to gain in roads in Sarawak with a 300% fold in seats. PKR can also take pride that its party is represented by a multiracial setup – with one seat each went to an Orang Ulu, another Iban while the third was held by a Chinese. Almost half of the 55 seats that Barisan won saw the margin of win going down and these were mostly in the Iban and Orang Ulu areas. That itself is another wake-up call for the coalition, that it cannot take indigenous votes for granted. "The Ibans especially are angry over the NCR or native customary rights land issue. Over the years, they feel that they have been marginalised," Barisan's share of the popular vote also dipped to 55% from 63% in 2006, which meant that Pakatan Rakyat has more than 45% of the popular vote in Sarawak. The margins by which some of its candidates in the Chinese seats lost to DAP & PKR were frightening. That was the extent of the Chinese frustration in Sarawak's urban centres. In Padungan, an urban seat in Kuching, DAP's majority shot from 1,417 to 7,884. While Batu Lintang contested by PKR has a majority of 8381 – the second highest after DAP state chairman Wong Ho Leng retained his seat with a 8,827-vote majority. "It was a protest vote against the leadership of Taib. They felt that they had been pushed to the limit," The Barisan cannot be complacent despite its comfortable two-thirds majority. If the Sibu by-election was a signal of what would happen on April 16, then Saturday's outcome is a warning of what might happen in the general election. He said the Urbanites especially the Chinese want to see change and reform in the government and that includes the exit of old faces in SUPP and of course the eventual retirement of Taib. The changes will have to take place before the next general election. Kuching and Sibu are already in DAP hands. Other parliamentary seats in danger are Sarikei, Miri, Lanang and Stampin. The shakiest is Sarikei which Barisan won by only 51 votes in the 2008 general election. The federal leadership cannot be blamed if it seems over-eager about pushing for a leadership transition in Sarawak. Its fixed deposit does not seem as secure as it used to be. The results in sarawak will definitely see a greater gains by Pakatan rakyat in Sabah.  |
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