Penang CM post: Tsu Koon hits campaign trail
All the Chinese newspapers reported today the speech given by Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon at a dinner organized by the Penang and Seberang Perai Hawkers Confederation at the Penang Chinese Town Hall on Thursday night.
He said that if Gerakan and MCA were to win less seats than Umno in the next general elections, it would be a problem to have a Chinese Chief Minister. He added that Umno has 15 seats and these two Chinese-based parties must not win fewer seats than Umno.
Dr Koh will be the Gerakan president come the next election and his political view cannot be disregarded.
But why should Dr Koh surrender the CM post to Umno if both the two parties could only win less than 15 seats? In 1990, Dr Koh assumed the CM post even
though Gerakan had seven seats.
The question should not arise at all under the Barisan Nasional’s power-sharing concept.
Umno is not even asking for the Penang CM post and there is no reason for Dr Koh to give it up.
He is just playing the fear factor again. “Vote the DAP and you lose the Chinese CM post”.
Well, Tsu Koon is already hitting the campaign trail now although elections are no where in sight.
So? What are you going to do about it? What is DAP’s strategy in Penang? Have you lined up good formidable candidates? Have you introduced them to the public? Or will they be known only on the eve of the election?
I have visited the DAP Penang’s website and it is just not good for the English educated and the non Chinese. How to win votes? My guess is in Penang, BN will win hands down even though the climate at the moment is very good for the opposition.
Comment by jbhlee — Saturday, 16-12-2006 @ 14: 35.24