Kuala Lumpur – “Does Putra Heights Gas Pipeline Blast have any political consequences?” a politician asked by phone on Wednesday.
I replied, “In terms of what I monitor, no.”
I said, “The public knows it's a disaster that has nothing to do with politics. I can't see anyone trying to use it for political mileage.”
I also point out that the current nasal behavior against the church is not the same as when Pakatan Harapan opposed the government. Before taking office, Baqatan could make any politically radioactive problems. How the alliance opposes Australian rare earth mining company Lynas Corporation continues to operate in Malaysia.
I said, “For whatever reason, it is fundamentally not as good as Pakatan to make the government look bad.”
Some people may disagree with my assessment, especially with regard to the 3R (race, religion and royalties).
I do point out that Selangor Perikatan Chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali urged the state government to review all developments near Gas Pipeline in Putra Heights. Azmin also called for an independent, thorough and transparent investigation to address issues concerning the incident.
But his remarks were mild. When Perikatan's Azmin was Selangor Mentri Besar under the league, he was not as “political radioactive” as Pakatan's Azmin.
“Pakatan has been in control of Selangor for 17 years. I see people blaming them on social media and Whatsapp,” said the politician. He refers to Pakatan Rakyat (which consists of PKR, DAP and PAS) and Pakatan Harapan (PKR, DAP and PAS) (PKR, PKR, PKR, DAP, DAP, AMANAH and UPKO).
He shared a viral video and information about the failure of state and federal government systems.
When I finished the WhatsApp call, Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta started to feed my social media and messaging, with negative feedback on political parties and politicians and Putra Heights Inferno. It could be a coincidence, or Meta “listens” to my conversation on its platform or both.
Facebook commentators have posted negative comments about DAP’s weekly online donation drives for victims in the Putra Heights disaster.
“At the end of this period, all donations collected will be distributed to the victims and the amount will be determined based on the official damage category. This donation is a supplement to the aid announced by the government,” DAP said on Facebook.
Some of the comments on the DAP FB page are cruel. Many reminded that the party is the government and should help the victims rather than asking for donations as they did when the opposition was. Other commentators questioned why the government could donate millions to other countries but asked its rakyat to contribute to a family disaster.
In my opinion, the political influence from Putra Heights Inferno is largely self-made. While the DAP's donation drive may have a high significance, it doesn't make any political sense as the party is in power in state and federal governments.
Subang MP Wong Chen also self-damaged some consequences. PKR politicians posted on the facebook, the explosion “didn't happen in parliament subang or Dun [state seat] Subang Jaya or Dun Kinrara”. I was impressed by his post and he didn’t want to worry about voters living in the constituency near his parliamentary seat.
“A large part of the affected areas is in the Parliament Kota Raja and a small part is in the Parliament Puchong. Puchong Yeo.
However, a sign near the explosion site pointed out that the Putra Heights were under Subang Jaya and Subang Jaya City Council.
“Looking forward, any request for assistance from fire victims should be directed to the parliamentary offices of Kota Raja and Puchong,” Subang MP wrote.
Some voters were not satisfied with his position, and even though they lived in Putra Heights, they voted in the Bunge Parliamentary District.
Despite the political damage caused by political parties and politicians, I still don’t think the disaster will have a political impact.
However, the politicians I contacted did not agree. He asserted that some major disasters in other countries had widespread political consequences. Former MPs killed 193 people and injured about 2,500 people in a train bombing in Madrid in 2004.
I looked for terrorist attacks, one of the deadliest attacks in Spanish history.
On March 15, 2004, an article in the Guardian, “An angry voter expels the Spanish government” reported: “Spanish voters punished Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar’s BJP for the bloody case of last week’s Madrid terrorist attack, which made the government angry reaction to his subsequent actions.
“In one of the most dramatic elections of the Franco era, voters opened the ruling party, and he firmly believed that the multiple bomb attacks on Madrid’s crowded commuter trains were carried out by al Qaeda and increasingly felt that people’s parties were increasingly aware of the people’s attempts to cover up the truth.”
The politician also noted that some governments have been accused of slow or ineffective search and rescue efforts. “Even flooding [in Malaysia] Political consequences for local politicians – mainly unfavorable. ” he said.
Politicians and journalists used words such as “tsunami”, “earthquake”, “avalanche” and “landslide” to describe the election results. Will we use Inferno in the 16th election?
