Nonetheless, the three former Pakatan ADUNs are guilty of a terrible betrayal of trust and deserve to be vilified and ostracised for letting down the voters. It cannot be denied that Pakatan did win Perak back on 8 March - they had a clear (though bare) majority in the State Assembly and won the popular vote by 43,095 ballots - at the Federal level the margin of votes was slightly larger at 57,732 votes. The defecting MPs have clearly gone against the will of the people who elected them in the first place.
On the other, Umno and Barisan Nasional have also signalled to Malaysians that they clearly aren’t interested in reforming their back-room style of politics. By relying on crossovers, Umno has secured power without reform. This is the kind of victory Umno likes - the kind of victory that requires no sacrifice or changes in its practices.
As we all know, what Umno circles imagine to be the “will of the people' is hardly a good indication of the sentiment on the ground. Umno may have re-taken Perak but their action is a debacle, a series of events that have created mountains of ill-will, resentment and anger that will damage the party of Merdeka.[my SinChew]
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