زيد إبراهيم اوبه ڤنديرين، كيني دعوا امنو ڤرلو تريما دڤ اونتوق هيدوڤ سمولا
Zaid Ibrahim, who once told UMNO to review its alliance with DAP due to its poor performance during state elections, is now singing a different tune.
According to the Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, UMNO needs to stop pretending and embrace DAP in order to revive itself.
However, this is the same Zaid who previously claimed that UMNO’s relationship with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the DAP was among reasons the Malays and even party members rejected UMNO, referring to the six state elections last August.
The said elections and subsequent by-elections held both in Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan strongholds show clearly that UMNO did not benefit one bit from the DAP and lost a sizeable chunk of its own support base to Perikatan Nasional.
Zaid Ibrahim, who once told UMNO to review its alliance with the DAP due to its poor performance during state elections, is now singing a different tune.
According to the Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, UMNO needs to stop pretending and embrace the DAP in order to revive itself.
“Umno wags its tail with lots of confidence. Recent statements against DAP are proof of that.
“No to local elections; no to non-Malay PM and others. But no matter how loud the voice of objections from Umno, DAP still has the ear of the PM,” Zaid wrote in Twitter (X).
Zaid added that UMNO could slide down to 16 seats in the next general election unless they bite the bullet and embrace DAP.
However, this is the same Zaid who previously claimed that UMNO’s relationship with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the DAP was among reasons the Malays and even party members rejected UMNO, referring to the six state elections last August.
The said elections and subsequent by-elections held both in Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan strongholds show clearly that UMNO did not benefit one bit from the DAP and lost a sizeable chunk of its own support base to Perikatan Nasional.
The erosion of support was far greater than the massive beating UMNO received during the 15th general election, suggesting that the Malay-Muslims were pissed off with the party for working with DAP.
In the recently concluded Kemaman by-election, things got worse – 27 per cent of voters who supported UMNO during the 15th general election chose to boycott the election, a sign that the end was near for the oldest political party in the country’s history.
RJ RITHAUDEEN
