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This is what I said:
"If the DAP is thinking
soley in selfish party terms, the risks are too great and it is definitely not
worth it.
However, if we believe that the present election provides the golden historic opportunity to break the political hegemony of the Barisan Nasional by ending its two-thirds parliamentary majority, then the risks are worth taking for the restoration of justice and democracy, as well as for the future of the people and nation. "If the DAP suffers
unprecedented defeat in the next general election because the DAP is unable to
counter and defuse
the Barisan Nasional’s four trump-cards to confuse and mislead the voters, it will be a tragedy for the DAP. But it will be a greater tragedy for Malaysia if the hopes of Malaysians that the new millennium will usher in a new era for justice and democracy is crushed even before the new millennium has started in a month’s time!" I stand by these words. I believe that the
political decision taken by the DAP to co-operate with the PAS, KeADILan and PRM
in Barisan Alternatif to smash the
Barisan Nasional political hegemony and two-thirds majority to break the four-decade mould of Malaysian politics of "divide and rule" along racial and religious lines was the right and correct one. This was because no opposition party, whether DAP,
PAS or KeADILan on its own could smash the Barisan Nasional political hegemony
by breaking its two-thirds
parliamentary majority - but collectively, the Barisan Alternatif stands a chance of achieving this political breakthrough by securing 70 to 75 parliamentary seats. |
