By Tan Teck Joo
April 7, 2011
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| To be sure, BN facing more challenge by opposition alliances. |
Thus, the polls result is seen as barometer of the strength Of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s government, and is expected to influence the timing and outcome of a general election.
Sarawak, Malaysia state that constituent largest portion of assembly seat, is a bastion of Najib’s Barisan National (BN). Sarawak provides the ruling coalition with one-fifth of its 137 members in Parliament and the outcome is local assembly elections will provide a reading on where the BN now stands.
The rival or opposition party enjoyed record winners to the ruling coalition in the last 308 general elections, but some analysts say strong economic growth and commodity prices have boosted the BN’s chances at national polls that must be held by next year.
However, in recent electoral campaign that held by opposition alliances showing their gaining fully support from Sarawakian.
The ruling coalition is unlikely to lose control of the state but voters could show their displeasure with long governing by Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and opposition might have opportunity to deprive the BN of its two-thirds majority in the state assembly as similar happened at 308.
Huge crowed of Sarawakian listening to opposition leaders speech.
Although opposition alliances managed to pull crowd on their campaign, but their find hard to approach with rural area especially they hardly visit to indigenous villages.
Moreover, most of the Melanaus or Dayak constituent are strong indicator support for BN, opposition more hardly to win those seats.
Nevertheless, within 30 years governs of Taib’s administration, there are several issues that unsolved such as Bible, indigenous land property and corruption of Taib also becoming main issue that hight debate and discuss with electoral period. Thus, it might turn into impacts that BN lose in this Sarawak election.
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