Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Mosquito party’s sole representative is also out. Does that signal the end of PPP? Not sure if he will be selected as Senator again and given deputy minister position. The PM also need to consider Gerakan and to a certain extent MCA and MIC.
Wake-up call for coalition, says Kayveas
By IZATUN SHARI
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional’s poor performance in this general election should serve as a wake-up call for the ruling coalition, said People’s Progressive Party (PPP) president Datuk M. Kayveas.
Kayveas, who lost to DAP’s Nga Kor Min in the Taiping parliamentary constituency, said the poor performance did not come as a surprise to him.
“I had expected that it would be a challenging time for Barisan because the talk on the ground was that the anti-Barisan sentiment was quite high,” he said when contacted here Sunday.
“During the election campaigns, there were people who came up to me point blank saying ‘It’s not that I don’t like you but I don’t like the badge you are wearing’. This is a wake up call for Barisan. There is something people are not happy about. It should do something to remain popular.”
He proposed that Barisan reinvent itself by uniting all its component parties together to become a single party with a single system.
Kayveas said he would continue to build the party and support Barisan to ensure that the ruling coalition was still a better choice.
PPP back in wilderness with defeats
KUALA LUMPUR: Is this the end of the People’s Progressive Party?
Both its candidates, Datuk M. Kayveas and Lee Heng, lost their respective seats. The PPP president lost his Taiping parliamentary seat, which he won in 2004 with a 2,172 majority, while Lee Hong lost the Pasir Bedamar state seat. This is the second straight defeat for Lee Heng. He also lost the same seat in 2004.
The PPP returned to active politics after being in the wilderness for almost 14 years due to internal bickering and legal issues.
PPP was formed in 1953 by the Seenivasagam brothers mainly as an opposition party to the alliance. The party’s first president was D.R. Seenivasagam.
After its revival under Kayveas’ leadership, the PPP had a membership of 300,000, with a network of more than 3,000 branches. In 2006, 48 per cent of the PPP’s membership was Indian, 32 per cent Chinese, 13 per cent Malay, and the rest are of other ethnic groups.
At the height of their political success, PPP held 12 state seats and four parliamentary seats. Kayveas has repeatedly asked for these seats to be returned to the party, but with the outcome of this election, that will be impossible.
exactly . From my experiance attending numerous oppo ceramah in Chinese majority Penang , it’s not about Barisan Nasional in the first place.
Chinese were cursing Khairy,AP queen , Hishamuddin, sleepng PM , corruption, barang naik……etc . Basically it’s BN’s own mistake for it’s defeat . I know a few professional chinese whom hated PAS that much all the way but for the first time voted PAS just in order to flush frustration against BN .
So , Khairy and Hisham were talking crap blaming Chinese/Indian swing causing BN’s loss . Till now those idiots dont understand their own mistakes . One of them declaring himself to be next PM . Great….then we’ll see almost all chinese/Indians in Peninsular voting against BN in mas ……just wait and see…
For Indians , it’s clear cut. The Hindraf factor .
Despite losing soo man seats they still don’t see it do they? Its not about a part its about the people of Malaysia! If a single individual can make a difference for us,our alliance lay there! Kayveas was a waste of time in the first place…i don’t think he was ever interested in the people’s interest but more his own! good riddance and this result has given us a glimmer of hope..the job starts now for the opp but i cant wait to see if they can walk the talk!