According to a report in Malaysiakini yesterday, there is a strong indication that at least 14 to 15 MP's from East Malaysia are about to cross over to Pakatan Rakyat today. This doesn't really surprise me as Umno has not really learned it's lesson after the March 8,2008 GE. We still hear Umno leaders passionately talking about Ketuanan Melayu (Malay Supremacy).
Just last week there was this so-called Congress organized by the Majlis Pemuafakatan Melayu which made all sorts of statements and demands regarding Malay supremacy. This outfit has Umno's racist stench on it. The grouses of politicians from Sabah and Sarawak is not only restricted to being treated as 'step children' by the Umno dominated BN regime but also by the fact that Bumiputeras in East Malaysia are fed up by the racist and chauvinists chants of Ketuanan Melayu by Umno. These Umno oxymorons don't realize that the Bumiputeras in Sabah and Sarawak are not all Malays. Kadazans, Dusun, Murut, Dayaks, Iban, Penans and many others make up the Bumiputera face of Sabah and Sarawak. Who do you think cares about Ketuanan Melayu here?
It is pretty understandable of the frustrations that has been voiced out by the BN MP's from Sabah and Sarawak regarding their under representation in the Federal Cabinet. PM Badawi is between a rock and a hard place. On one hand he has to appease the warlords in Umno by giving them cabinet posts on the other hand he has to be contended with a open revolt from BN MP's from Sabah and Sarawak that can easily bring down his government. What Badawi hopes to do is to hang on until the Umno Elections in December and then throw out the warlords from the Federal Government and replace them with those from Sabah and Sarawak.
This is the win-win scenario Badawi is hoping for. Unfortunately for him, Umno and BN will be history by the time it gets to the Umno Elections.
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