Hasn't the proper lesson been drawn over the wielding of the Malay keris by the Umno Youth leader, Hishammuddin at previous Umno Youth general assemblies, which even Umno national leaders have attributed as an major factor for Barisan Nasional's electoral debacle in the March general election? Yep, Pak Lah is oblivious. He never did anything to placate the rest of the component parties.

Are the leaders of MCA, Gerakan, MIC and other BN component parties prepared to take a strong stand that the Merdeka social contract is the basis for the Vision 2020 for a Bangsa Malaysia leading to "ketuanan rakyat" for all Malaysians – which is the very antithesis of ketuanan Melayu or kedaulatan Melayu?

Or have the MCA, Gerakan, MIC and other BN component parties to acquiesce with such communalistic utterances and approaches, both inside and outside Parliament, proving the truth of the confession by former Gerakan President and Minister, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik that Umno does not accord equal status to the other BN component parties reducing MCA, Gerakan, MIC and others to what he described as "beggar politics" with Umno in Barisan Nasional? Read the rest of LKS.

Pak Lah is not the PM of all, he is seen as a PM for UMNO only with his latest declaration in PM confirms power share deal with PAS in Malaysiakini. He says Umno offered to share power with PAS in Selangor after the general election as it was within its rights as the incumbent state government. Yeah right, under the pretext of "Malay Unity". All of us are not fools but some of the component parties in the BN are. Yeah right, we call that betrayal, stabbing in the back, screwed up the arse, sticking a blade, double crossed and I am sure the voters out there know how to describe this, which might be more colourful than mine. What is it they want to discuss? Malay unity? Well this subject is debunked!

By Khoo Kay Peng who says, " In short, the Malay voters were not misguided and influenced to ditch Umno. They did so because there were evidences of poor leadership, political arrogance, power abuse, corruption, nepotism and inept governance. These make up a powerful cocktail can even knock out an elephant. It is time for Umno leaders to sober up. They must take cognisance of the importance of promoting true inter-ethnic harmony, good governance, prudent socio-economic management and a progressive democracy to stay relevant and become powerful again. Fixation over ethno-nationalism to fire up communal fervour, hoping to turn this negative energy into political support will eat away whatever goodwill left with the party and the BN coalition.

At this moment, Umno needs its coalition partners’ support more than anything else. The push towards this politically-motivated Malay unity talk will affect other component parties badly. When it comes to the question of survival and when these parties are forced to face a situation where it is a choice between Umno or their own survival, it can be quite straight forward. Sapp is one good example". In full from Malaysiakini.

Here is a member of the Towkay's party, who shoots from the hip. Thursday March 13, 2008 Ong: Perak voters cheated KUALA LUMPUR: DAP has cheated its voters as a PAS state assemblyman will be sworn in as the Perak mentri besar today, Perak MCA chief Datuk Ong Ka Chuan said. Ong, who is also the MCA secretary-general, said DAP should apologise to its voters, saying it was sad to hear that Perak PAS secretary Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin will be the mentri besar.

He said Mohammad's appointment went against the wishes of voters, especially non-Muslims.“Having a mentri besar from PAS creates fear among non-Muslims. This also creates political instability.”Ong, who is also the newly-elected Tanjong Malim MP, said the Chinese in Perak voted for DAP to uphold justice and change for the better but the opposite seemed to have happened. From the Towkay's paper.

Has this running dog anything to say about PAS/UMNO talks, nope, he daren't utter any objections. I really wonder what extremist utterances would be echoed if say DAP and the MCA were to have talks on power sharing? Maybe MCA should now wake up and have talks with PKR on power sharing. It will make it all the easier to relegate UMNO to the dustbin of history. At least MCA will be treated as equals in the Pakatan Rakyat. The Malays will understand, the reason why MCA pulled out of the Barang Naik Party coalition.