\n<\/a><\/p>\nThe government\u2019s reluctance to upset the majority Malays has led to policy reversals and reform pullbacks that are fuelling talk Najib may be readying to get his own mandate as prime minister. The last election was led by Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who stepped down in April 2009.<\/p>\n
Najib raised constituency allocations for BN MPs from RM1 million to RM1.5 million last month, leading to further speculation.<\/p>\n
Dr Hatta expressed his belief that there was a significant possibility of a snap election after Umno vice president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said yesterday that the time had come for BN to go to the polls to prove that they have overcome past mistakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it\u2019s in September, we will win big. If it\u2019s next year, we will win even bigger,\u201d the Kuala Krai MP said.<\/p>\n
Zaid added that \u201cministers are talking rubbish all the time, because they are panicking over early elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you start banning newspapers, charging people for sedition and play races against each other and manufacture enemies, that\u2019s the sign of an emerging fascist government. We cannot afford to let that happen,\u201d the former de facto law minister said.<\/p>\n
He also claimed that the constant persecution of opposition figures while Umno figures got away with outrageous statements was evidence that the Malay party had \u201cdestroyed all sense of fairness in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNajib can blatantly buy elections by promising millions because they know they will never be prosecuted,\u201d he said, referring to his recent defeat in the Hulu Selangor by-elections where the prime minister handed out millions to sway voters including RM3 million he promised to a Chinese school if BN won the poll as well, as in the Sibu by-election where the prime minister made a similar appeal.<\/p>\n
Nurul Izzah expounded on how PR was more than just \u201cnot BN\u201d, but a viable alternative today.<\/p>\n
Nurul, who is Anwar\u2019s eldest daughter, stressed that PR had established a Common Policy Framework; while in Selangor, it has introduced a select committee to ensure the integrity of lawmakers and are set to table the Freedom of Information Act in the state assembly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only innovation from BN is Perkasa,\u201d she said, referring to the Malay rights group led by Pasir Mas MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali.<\/p>\n
\u201cChange will come and [the] next general election will not be something easily forgotten by BN,\u201d she promised.<\/p>\n
Dr Hatta added that in the last elections, DAP, PKR and PAS had only formed an electoral pact to avoid three-corner fights and campaigned individually, whereas this time they would campaign together and make sacrifices for each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis administration should have been over in the last general election. Victory is within reach,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Tan also insisted that PR would not wait to capture government state-by-state but would be taking over both federal and state governments \u201csimultaneously.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we cannot ensure that PR will be 100 per cent clean once we are in government, we promise that we will show no mercy to those who are corrupt. We must have integrity,\u201d the DAP vice-chairman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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