Gerakan and MCA hard pressed to defend Penang from a DAP onslaught

Gerakan is like a ship without its captain while MCA is like a ship with too many captains!

With Dr Koh going for a parliamentary seat, Gerakan is now short of talented candidates to fill the vacant spots. However, MCA which has many proven candidates are in a tight spot as they cannot tip the balance of the Gerakan/MCA composition as it would prove a fatal blow to Gerakan if Gerakan failed to get enough candidates voted in.

If more MCA candidates are voted in compared to Gerakan it would mean the death of Gerakan as MCA would then want the Chief Ministership position (which is no big MCA secret). This would then be a bigger headache for even our PM to handle. Giving MCA the CM post would mean it would take even more years before the CM post finally comes to UMNO (not a big UMNO secret either).

Will the fight between MCA and Gerakan which is now a big problem for Dr Koh prove advantageous to DAP? In any case I think Penangites will be looking forward to a big 3 cornered fight between MCA, Gerakan and DAP as they go all out to win the heart of the voters. There are 14 parliamentary seats and 40 state seats up for grabs in Penang.

Personally, I think the big question is NOT whether the Chinese in Penang will support Gerakan or DAP but it is whether the Penang Malays will support BN?


Anwar Ibrahim in Penang

BN can forget about the Indian votes