Snap General Elections? Survey results may tempt Najib

The most recent Merdeka survey has made me feel… challenged to say the least :P :)

But yes, if I were Pakatan, I think I should be looking quite keenly at the possibility of snap elections. Should Manek Urai go south (it probably won’t, but I think everyone will be watching the majority), I’d sound the call for battle stations, red alert.

I mean look at the steady string of announcements: 1Malaysia, economic “liberalisation,” scholarships, language switch. Clearly, Najib has a plan. I would venture to say he even holds the initiative at this point.

With the approval ratings that we’ve seen, and the sentiment on the Malay ground, I think a simple majority is certainly within reach for BN, as long as there is no sea change in East Malaysia.

Making similar extrapolations, they may not take the Chinese majority seats, but those remain barely a handful.

Well, I should remember to stay clear of the soothsayer business.

To Pakatan though, I think the warning signs are plenty there to be on high alert (as a political party should be at all times anyway). If there are to be fresh elections, a much, much cleaner and higher calibre of candidates will be vital to holding the day.

And those candidates would have to start work right away.

In the meantime, I reiterate again, one of the only ways for Pakatan to distinguish themselves is to truly focus – to a degree hereto yet unachieved – on excellence in governing the states that they run.

Resting on laurels is a recipie for disaster.