DAP is not surprised that MCA and Gerakan are behaving in a childish manner by petulantly closing down their service centers in retaliation for the devastating defeats in the recent general elections. MCA was left with 7 parliamentary seats whilst Gerakan had only 1 parliamentary seat. Such a reaction by Gerakan and MCA losing in the general elections is akin to a child throwing tantrum for not getting what he or she wants.
Carrying out threats of closing down service centers will not impress voters, whether Chinese, Indians or Malays who had already dismissed them as irrelevant and had already made up their minds to reject BN. This is indicated by PR winning the popular vote of 51% compared to BN’s 47.4%, the first time that an opposition coalition had won more than 50% of the popular vote(see below).
| BN | 523,7699 | 47.4% |
| Pakatan | 562,3984 | 50.9% |
| Others | 192,894 | 1.7% |
| Total | 11,054577 | 100.0% |
| Pakatan Majority | 386,285 |
(Not including spoilt votes)
PR won 5.6 million votes compared to 5.2 million for BN, a clear lead of 386,000 votes. PR winning 51% of the popular vote yet only 40% of the parliamentary seats cries out for genuine polls reforms that respects the “one-man, one-vote” principle to save democracy.
Malaysians who voted by a clear majority for PR over BN would see the results as perverse in that BN that lost the popular vote won government whilst PR won the popular vote lost power. This is black becoming white and black becoming white.
A Saturday DAP Conference In KL For All 38 Elected MPs and 107 Elected State Assemblymen On Plans To Serve The Nation And Voters As Well As To Replace MCA And Gerakan Which Has Closed Shop On Its Own Following Their Total Rejection By Voters In The 13th General Elections.
MCA and Gerakan grossly underestimated the people’s yearning for change if they think closing down service centers or their offices in retaliation for losing the general elections can frighten the voters. DAP did not close down our offices or service centers when we lost in every general election from 1966 to 2008 but continued our struggle for the people.
The people are sick and tired of these childish games. If MCA and Gerakan can close down service centers, why has MCA and Gerakan not announced that they will close down completely?
DAP shall be organizing a special national conference this Saturday in Kuala Lumpur for all 38 elected MPs and 107 elected state assemblymen on plans to serve the nation and voters as well as to replace MCA and Gerakan which has closed shop on its own following their total rejection by voters in the 13th general elections.