Petaling Jaya – The basic assumption is that if there are two alliances (e.g. Madani vs Perikatan nasional) and voters are not satisfied with both, they will vote for the third force in the election.
But politics cannot work that way.
In past elections, it was logically the third force of the Malaysian party (PSM), trampled in the battle between two elephants.
In the upcoming by-election for the upcoming Ayer Kuning state seat, Perak called for a fight between two outstanding political alliances and small parties in the middle to play a role after the incumbent’s death on April 26.
This will be UMNO of the Madani government, on the Malaysian Peninsula, consisting of the Pakatan Harapan and Barisan nasional alliance, while Perikatan's PAS is combined with Perikatan's PAS, which dominated the Malay seats with PSM as the third force.
In 2022, Barisan's UMNO won Ayer Kuning with 9,088 votes against Pakatan's Amanah, who won 6,875; Perikatan's PAS won 6,812; PSM won 586; Pejuang won 105 votes.
I asked the following questions to PSM Vice Chairman S. Arutchelvan: “The basic assumption is that some Pakatan supporters are not satisfied with the Madani government and will vote for the third force because they do not want to vote for Perikatan.
“This goes back to the system that is to be done first. That's why Mahathir was Prime Minister twice and established Langkawi because he was not in the league because he was not in one. That's why people voted for one of the larger leagues.”
Arutchelvan refers to Dr. Tun Mahathir Mohamad, who competed on the Pejuang vote and received 4,566 votes against Perikatan; Barisan's 11,945; and 5,417 in Pakatan's 15th General Election in 2022 (GE15).
Arutchelvan explained that PSM gained more appeal in some of the Bakatan areas of Ayer Kuning in 2022, where the Amanah candidate of Pakatan stood. In the upcoming by-election, he noted that Pakatan does not stand like UMNO represents the Madani government, and Perak Mentri Besar is from UMNO.
“So why not vote for PSM, because this election doesn't make sense to Pakatan supporters in state and national politics,” he said.
However, Arutchelvan admits that issues such as institutional reform and national sentiment in PSM’s rural seats such as Ayer Kuning will be more difficult.
“Nevertheless, PSM hopes social media will close the gap,” he said, when people get the idea that they are not satisfied with all the big political parties, he said. “We hope our history will help people make better choices,” he added.
What votes does the PSM vice chairman predict that his party can get?
“Others wrote our books to us as usual, but we hope every day someone wants to teach a lesson in Madani Government [Madani] A lesson, or do you want to do something more radical and principled, like voting PSM? ” he said.
“As we said before, it’s a difficult task for parties like PSM to win the situation that must be there first.”
Arutchelvan said the hope for PSM is that miracles could happen if people want to hear new voices at the disgust conference, if people want to hold a protest vote, and young voters want to teach a lesson to the Madani government.
“No political party is in the election. So we will go there to win. Fighting against odds has always been a fight for PSM and we will never give up,” he said.
“It took 10 years to register for our party. So if we did better than last time, it would be great. If we got the deposit back, it would be great. If we win, GE16 would see hope for the Third Force to come to power. “Let us be a reality and do the impossible,” CheGuevara said. ”
In Ayer Kuning's by-election, there's still some wet ear party Muda is still supporting PSM, and I asked the Arutchelvan PSM candidate how much support can be obtained from young voters, especially Muda's Muar Muar MP Syed Syed Saddiq Syed syed Abdul Rahman and actress Bella Astillah seem to like it. Their romance (real or fake) is popular among young voters and aunties.
He said: “Ha, ha, ha… May the romantic charm of SS and Bella get our votes in Ayer Kuning. All the parties are providing seats for young voters, who make up a large part of the seats.” He called Syed Saddiq SS.
“PSM feels that young voters are so tired of politics, we want to impress them, that PSM and Muda are progressive, non-racial voices, which is what more idealistic young voters should pursue. They should vote for us, not just boycott the election.”
Arutchelvan said whether PSM could take advantage of the recent Madani Masjid/Temple controversy, saying that Indian voters are angry about the unity of the government and may protest against the vote. He noted that Chinese voters have been seeking less evil because of concerns about the Green Flags of Perikatan.
“This means they will vote for UMNO instead of pas. But is UMNO's Akmal a smaller evil?” he said, referring to UMNO youth chief Dr. Muhamad Akmal Saleh, who notoriously quickly whipped people's slight sentiment about race and religion online.
But, so far, Arutchelvan should know that politics doesn't work that way.
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