Pillar of strength

Once again, my tone is that of one who dislikes both sides.

The temporary incident that had led DAP into a momentary hiatus has shown how PR would operate in the case where DAP has lost power.

DAP would contest under the PAS flag and the PKR in Peninsular and West Malaysia respectively.

Has one ever wondered why DAP and PKR have to team up the time bomb, PAS in their coalition?

This is a matter of political reality, as both DAP and PKR lack one thing that both BN and PAS have in their possession, and that is a stable "pillar state", where their power are mostly permanently stable.

PAS knows this.

BN knows this.

Being a new party who has stepped up to rival BN in power under the leadership of Anwar Ibrahim, PKR lacks the administration background and reputation, while DAP is a nearly chinese dominated party, which lacks the social and racial cohesion of the PKR. Their coalition manage to cover some of their holes, but they still lack stability.

And that's where PAS comes in. Having "pillar states", PAS has welded itself into the Malaysian background with its insistence for hudud laws and an Islamic government.

In the PR coalition, PAS holds the true power, however, it severely lacks support from chinese and indian factions due to it's hardcore nature. The coalition of the three parties seems like a perfect team.

The real problem is knowing that PAS holds the true power in the coalition. While they advocate the "PAS for all" propaganda, their leaders are known for making statements that they will never back down from their stand to implement hudud.

What the DAP and PKR needs is their own pillar states so that they do not require back up from PAS, but before that, it seems that they will have to contend with giving PAS more power as it goes into the GE13 as the people will be voting for their party of choice tomorrow. Once PAS has cemented itself into the power seat, it would not give a damn to the other parties as it could have easily run the country Indonesia-style.

That is the real problem for PR. Without an equal standing, the strongest party will dominate the entire coalition.

It's just like how UMNO teamed up with MCA and MIC during the early days of independence. And look at them now. Enough said.

Then, PAS was still inside BN. However, as time went and UMNO going from extreme to central, PAS remained hardcore and was booted out. However, it's like a deja vu as PAS forms it's own coalition rivalling BN now.

Once again, I stress that DAP and PKR have to have their own stable "pillar states" if they are to stand equal to PAS in PR, even if I don't really give a damn to PKR.