DAP Mempertaruhkan Dyana Mungkin Memakan Diri

The gamble with Dyana may backfire

Narinder Singh

 | May 27, 2014

DAP has and will always be a Chinese centric party and by fielding a young Malay girl in Teluk Intan, it believes it can hoodwink the Malay voters.

COMMENT

The Bukit Gelugor by-election this Sunday is a forgone conclusion. There was no necessity for any other party or independent to stand against DAP’s Ramkarpal Singh Deo. His late father’s reputation alone is more than sufficient to annihilate any competitor for the parliamentary seat. Period! It would have also saved tax payers their hard earned money.

But the Teluk Intan by-election on May 31, will be a different ball game altogether. Though it had been a DAP seat in the past two general elections, the outcome this time around may not be in its favour.

In trying to portray and justify itself as as a champion of all races, DAP believes that having a young Malay girl on its side will be enough to hoodwink the Malay voters.

DAP has and will always be a Chinese centric party. The non-Chinese holding key positions in the party are few.

Basically it is a family run political party with little room, especially for the Malay members. It is a pity that it is still in a state of slumber after all these years.

The Chinese in Teluk Intan are expected to vote for DAP as they are besotted with the ‘Rocket’ regardless of who stands in the by-election. It will be interesting to see if the Malay voters will be taken in by the DAP fielding greenhorn Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, 27.

Will the Malays be gullible and vote for her, rather than the party, just because she is a Malay?

The Malays must awaken to reality that DAP can never defend their rights in this country. All the DAP wants is an immediate umbrella of meritocracy implemented in all areas.

The Chinese are already in control of all major industries in Malaysia, from finance, manufacturing right up to retail. The economy is in their palms. Imagine the floodgates opening to them.

Other races will be brought to their knees as they will by default ‘fail’ to meet the financial strength of the Chinese.

The Malay voters in Teluk Intan must send a clear message to DAP that putting up a wall paper like Dyana will not be able to mask its cunning, hidden agenda.

After all, how much has DAP done for the Indians and Malays in Penang? The middle-class have been pushed further down the social stratum and the state economy is dominated by the Chinese.

From the voter composition point of view, if the Malays vote against Dyana, DAP will then be at the mercy of the Indian voters.

With 19% Indians, the Teluk Intan Indians will be the kingmakers. The only worry, as usual, with the Indians is that are unrealistically emotional and have a herd mentality.

They lack the political and business acumen to make decisions to their advantage. Thus DAP and its allies have for long had an easy way out with them. Throw them crumbs and they will shut up. They may well be drooling over Dyana, forgetting their political and economical struggles.

It will be another mistake if the Indians and a fraction of the Malay voters pick DAP.

The Teluk Intan people have a golden opportunity to right the two wrongs done over the past two elections. The voter composition in Teluk Intan is 42% Chinese, 38% Malays, 19% Indians and the rest, others.