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'DAP's poor showing in Sarawak polls due to its 22-month failure at the federal level'
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Publish date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021, 03:21 PM
DAP only won two out of the 26 seats it contested. It also lost five seats to Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS).
Professor James Chin from the University of Tasmania's Asia Institute said the Sarawak election results showed that the people were very angry at DAP as the party didn't do much for the state when it was in power.
He said when PH won the 14th General Election (GE14) in 2018, the people had high expectations and were expecting Sarawak DAP Chairman Chong Chieng Jen, who is also the state PH chairman, to be appointed as a full minister. This was also a promise made by DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng during the campaign period.
"But, Chong ended up as a deputy minister with very little power and failed to deliver for Sarawak, especially when it came to the interest of the Chinese community (who had supported DAP)," he told the New Straits Times.
"The people were fed up and wanted to punish DAP, which resulted in their poor performance," he said.
He also opined that people had begun to dislike Chong's personality, who was seen as a very oppressive character.
He said there was also a group of Chinese voters who were disappointed that DAP was so hard-headed that they couldn't come up with a deal with PSB – and split the oppositions' votes – which they blamed the DAP for.
"Another factor that went against the Pakatan Harapan in Sarawak was the rise of local-based parties like Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK).
"There was a strong sense of Sarawak nationalism, which also plays an important role. DAP and PKR couldn't get rid of the fact that they are (Peninsula) Malaya-based parties.
"DAP needs to do a lot of soul-searching to regain the support of the Chinese voters in the next election," he said.
Chin said there is also a need to look at the DAP leadership structure in Sarawak.
Chong won Padungan and defeated his heavyweight opponent GPS candidate Datuk Wee Hong Seng, who is also the Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor.
Violet Yong retained her Pending seat, with a slim majority of 540 votes when she polled 5,188 votes in a five-cornered fight.
The DAP lost five seats that they previously won, namely, Kota Sentosa, Bukit Assek, Pelawan, Tanjung Batu and Pujut while their coalition partners; PKR and Amanah didn't win any seats.
In 2016, DAP only retained seven seats out of the 12 it previously won in 2011. It subsequently lost another two seats after its Pujut assemblyman was disqualified and its Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei quit the party last year to become an independent.
Chong shifted from his Kota Sentosa seat to Padungan as he needed to "answer the constituents" after Wong, who won the seat under a DAP ticket, decided to quit the party.
Meanwhile, Universiti Malaya's Professor Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi said PH's failure to deliver to Sarawak was the reason DAP was almost totally wiped out in the state polls.
He said many were expecting new changes when DAP was in power (at the federal level) but they were left disappointed after the party failed to fulfil their promises made in GE14.
"Apart from that, the people, including their Chinese supporters were angry and could not accept the former Finance Minister Lim's (Guan Eng) remark, saying Sarawak will go bankrupt in three years," he said.
"So, Dap needs to be realistic and careful in playing on issues in Sarawak, and not to be seen as trying to bring the political culture from the peninsula here. They need to re-brand their politics to fit the mold with the local political culture," he added.
Awang Azman said DAP needed to conduct a detailed post-mortem before making any major political move or decision. He added that they also needed to review various aspects of the party, including leadership grooming.
https://www.nst.com.my/news/politics/2021/12/755893/daps-poor-showing-sarawak-polls-due-its-22-month-failure-federal-level
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unprepared for flood crisis in selangor is the last nail in the coffin for pakatun selangor
2021-12-19 16:19
I think PH has been kon by DR M...not really fault of LGE loh!
Posted by Tobby > Dec 19, 2021 3:36 PM | Report Abuse
LGE should be blamed for poor DAP result in Sarawak! His big mouth cost DAP failure!
2021-12-19 16:42
During 22 months of Mahathir administration, LGE cut funding to Sarawak! But GPS took them in stride and built those crucial infra themselves! And LGE also told sarawakians, Sarawak will go bankrupt in 2 years! So yeah, DAP poor performance in Sarawak can be blamed on LGE!
2021-12-19 16:54
LGE is helping Msia to recover monies is for msia own interest as a good Finance Minister mah!
But the opposition & DR M play him out loh!
Posted by Tobby > Dec 19, 2021 4:54 PM | Report Abuse
During 22 months of Mahathir administration, LGE cut funding to Sarawak! But GPS took them in stride and built those crucial infra themselves! And LGE also told sarawakians, Sarawak will go bankrupt in 2 years! So yeah, DAP poor performance in Sarawak can be blamed on LGE!
2021-12-19 17:06
Why blame LGE .. many peoples say LGE resemble the quality of Lee Hsien Loong leadership .. he just dont have more time .. if he given another 3 years,Malaysia GDP can surpass Singapore GDP …
2021-12-19 17:12
LGE is no different from the local politicians and please don't compare him with Spore politicians. Voters are just conned by them for years.
2021-12-20 13:15
No development by BN or the so called rebranded GPS for 60 years and no punishment but punish DAP for no development for 22 months? Is this a logical analysis? The rationale is Sarawak does not want change causing political instability and they believe in Sarawak for Sarawakians. Besides now GPS is having more negotiating power at Federal level due to UMNO weaknesses. They can demand more as they are now holding UMNO. Whether there would be develpment next remains to be seen.
2021-12-20 14:21
Ad who say no developement.There so many for Malaysia.If not how come the bank have over rm 2 trillion deposit.The facts as in the website.
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/malaysia/total-deposits
Quite a twisted words.Maybe 3-4 million citizen do not benefit the developement pie of Malaysia will say yes.There do not want developement 20-30 years ago which are the opposition.
2021-12-20 20:29
Armanhashim Why blame LGE .. many peoples say LGE resemble the quality of Lee Hsien Loong leadership .. he just dont have more time .. if he given another 3 years,Malaysia GDP can surpass Singapore GDP …
19/12/2021 5:12 PM
Please dun be rediculous Malay.See the facts the website(the total deposit in USD for Malaysia)
Second the great flood in Klang Valley cause by LGE.Because when he be finance minister cut a lot of budget(developement) in order safe Malaysia from bankcrupt.Press the website above u all know LGE is total lie.How to bankcrupt.
Third,the voters trend first in Malacca and then Sarawak toward PH and the DAP.
2021-12-20 20:38
Accept the fact without old horse, PH n Dap cant win big during last election. Now back to square
2021-12-21 14:09
Amateurjr! Yeah, maybe Mahathir was the real reason for Harapan victory! Mind you, Mahathir is grandmaster in politics!
Unfortunately Anwar is the opposite! He mess up his chances the day he was release from prison!
From 'I have the majority' card to 'Where is my majority' silence!
2021-12-21 14:12
Posted by qqq3333 > Dec 20, 2021 10:01 PM | Report Abuse
Sunny...abolish Dap lah....probably no difference already
Answer : If you abolish DAP, what party will local chinese vote for! They wont' go back to the lapdog MCA! Voting for MCA is like eating your own vomit!
2021-12-21 14:13
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LGE should be blamed for poor DAP result in Sarawak! His big mouth cost DAP failure!
2021-12-19 15:36