It all depends on median voters?
2010-01-22 12:49
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is currently seeking for
foreign investment in India to reverse the adverse situation.
However, the recent political development in the country seems
favourable to Pakatan Rakyat, giving more hope for the Opposition to
take over the federal government.
Pakatan Rakyat must first win more support from median voters in order
to contend with UMNO's rural area's votes.
According to blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, based on a calculation in
which BN gained a minimum of 30 majority seats in the 8 March general
elections, Pakatan Rakyat will need to gain only 300,000 more votes to
surpass BN's 110 seats with 112 seats in the Parliament and take over
the federal government. Currently, Pakatan Rakyat has 80 seats while
BN has 130 seats.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission pointed out that a total of 4.39
million Malaysians have not registered as voters yet. It is said that
65% of them are Bumiputeras while Selangor has the highest number at
787,000 or 17.93%. No wonder why we can see Pakatan Rakyat and UMNO
are in their efforts to carry out voter registration campaigns while
MCA and GERAKAN remain silent.
If Pakatan Rakyat is able to fight for another 300,000 votes or more
support from median or swing voters, it can then overthrow BN. It is
not something impossible.
"It is not something impossible."
In addition to do a better job, as well as to put forward unbiased
policies and political ideologies, Pakatan Rakyat also have to rely on
BN's mistakes in order to gain support from median voters. And it just
happens that BN has done a lot of mistakes recently. UMNO continues
its racial strategy and relies too much on racial politics. This will
force more median voters to move closer to Pakatan Rakyat.
After Najib's announcement of a series of new policies on his 100th
day in office, the Merdeka Centre's approval rating released in July
showed that Najib's popularity has surged 65%. But the incidents
happened in the following few moths were indeed a series a blows to
him.
Firstly, the outburst of MCA party crisis in Aug last year has exposed
the incredibility of MCA leaders. It also offered Pakatan Rakyat an
opportunity to fight more Chinese median votes.
Secondly, MIC President Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has refused to step
down while the Makka Sakti Party, which was roped in by Najib to
please the Indian community, faced an internal struggle after a few
months of its formation. It caused BN to have no confidence in gaining
Indian swing votes.
Thirdly, UMNO did not appropriately handle the "Allah" controversy. It
did not take immediate actions to stop it. In contrast, Pakatan
Rakyat, it has indicated a moderate and middle stand earlier.
In addition, the BN government has also failed to properly handle
economic issues, including the lose of funds and talents, sharp
decline in foreign investment and the inability of the treasury to
make ends meet. The new year has just started and the government
already wants to impose service tax for credit cards and reduce
subsidies for necessities. For median voters, economic and social
stability is an issue of great concern.
DAP has taken the opportunity to map out the concept of "Middle
Malaysia" to contend with Najib's "1Malaysia" concept. DAP
Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng said the "Middle Malaysia" concept is
as well a common strategy for Pakatan Rakyat.
If Pakatan Rakyat continues to take a moderate and middle stand while
BN remains unchanged, that it will be difficult to say who will be the
ultimate winner.
Added on January 25, 2010, 9:28 pmQUOTE(deric1979 @ Jan 21 2010, 09:24 AM)
Good service...
Ya good service and they even force u to SIGN some unnecessary doc.
if touch wood. then UOB loan takers die 1st
Added on January 25, 2010, 9:31 pmQUOTE(haryzat @ Jan 21 2010, 03:11 PM)
Actually 1120 pa is to be my second property. The problem is i am self employed but dont have yearly income tax statment. So banks dont want to proceed my loan. They said my income is okay but I dont have completed document to entitle me for application (tax) plus i have alrready had a commitmen. Last time before i booked my unit all the banker said ok no problemo and now another story.
hie haryzat,
Dont worry.
Bank have surplus cash.
They could approve ur loan for 90% even for ur third property.
This post has been edited by 106127: Jan 25 2010, 09:59 PM 
Jan 25 2010, 07:46 PM
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but the minority that concerns me. i wonder how many would-be buyers have been put off like me? and food for thoughts for the buyers of 1120- how many would-be renters and sub-sale buyers would be put off by what he or she would read in the forums that discuss 1120 a few years down the road? wht's ur opinion? can such posts reduce the rentability of an apartment/condo? 
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