Is there a political conspiracy by MCA, Gerakan, MIC and the other 12 Barisan Nasional parties to hide the “elephant in the room” – that the National Front has changed its character from a 13-party coalition of equals based on consensus to one based on UMNO hegemony and UMNO wishes where no consensus from the other 12 parties are needed?
Is this why MCA, Gerakan, MIC and other non-UMNO Ministers from Sabah/Sarawak BN parties are at a loss, for they have no idea when PAS President Datuk Seri Hadi Awang’s private member’s bill motion would be given priority in Parliament to be debated and voted, although there is no consensus whether in the Cabinet or BN Supreme Council for the Barisan Nasional Federal Government to give priority to Hadi’s private member’s bill motion in Parliament or for the Federal Government to takeover Hadi’s private member’s bill after Hadi’s motion is adopted by Parliament.
I had asked MCA, Gerakan, MIC and all the other 15 non-UMNO Ministers to force an issue at the Cabinet as there is no consensus for the government to give priority to Hadi’s private member’s bill or for government takeover of Hadi’s private member’s bill, but there is so far, only thunderous silence from the Cabinet.
When the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak visited Sabah last week, he boasted that the Barisan Nasional had achieved consensus among its 13 component parties.
Had the MCA, Gerakan, MIC and the Sabah/Sarawak BN parties secretly given agreement and consensus to UMNO on Hadi’s private member’s bill motion?
Malaysians are entitled to an explanation whether Barisan Nasional has totally changed character from a coalition of equals based on consensus by the 13 BN component parties to a coalition based on UMNO hegemony and wishes where no consensus from the other 12 parties are needed, or whether MCA, Gerakan, MIC and the Sabah/Sarawak BN parties had secretly given agreement and consensus to UMNO.
(Speech at the DAP Voters’ Registration Campaign at Taman Makhota Cheras, Selangor on Thursday, 16th March 2017 at 9.30 pm)