Opposition pact losing faith and direction

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng says DAP's door are closed to PAS but PAS wants to cooperate with DAP especially in Penang so that the opposition will have stronger chance.PAS does not seems to bother to cooperate more seriously with PKR as they know PKR is having cancer on the third stage and waiting to die soon. As for DAP, a cooperation between them and PAS is just like committing suicide.They tried in 1999 where DAP was almost R.I.P ( rest in peace ).All the opposition parties are trying to fools their supporters. By the way it's going, come this august or after april 2008, BN will wins the election again with very big mandate and that's a sure case as for now.

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PAS may work with DAP to seize Penang

KEPALA BATAS: PAS may consider working with DAP to capture Penang in the next general election.
State PAS commissioner Mohd Salleh Man said the move would be considered if it was found to be the best way to beat Barisan Nasional in the state.
“So far both parties have not formally discussed such a pact. But any pact for the best interest of the Opposition would be considered.
“Hopefully, we will get the blessings from the PAS central body before going ahead with the pact,” he told reporters at a joint press conference by PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) here yesterday.
Mohd Salleh said the proposed co-operation would be based on current political developments in the state.
In the 2004 general election, DAP objected to forming a pact with PAS after PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang called DAP a “dinosaur” and “expired medicine” a day before nomination day.
During the 2004 general election, DAP won four parliamentary seats while PKR won only one. PAS and DAP also won a state seat each in the election.
State PKR liaison chairman Datuk Zahrain Mohamed Hashim said the party and PAS would form a joint election machinery in the next general election to ensure a straight fight with the Barisan.
”Both parties also have capable candidates to represent the people,” he said.

Nalla: I pity Anwar

Former PKR member KS Nallakaruppan said the opposition party is in danger of losing steam ahead of the general election expected to be held early next year, after losing hundreds of its members recently.
“I feel pity for the party and its leaders, especially Anwar Ibrahim. I don’t know how they are coping after losing a stream of members and leaders over the past few months,” he told malaysiakini today.
“The party looks like it is headed for a disastrous defeat in the coming election.”
He said members should ask themselves why this is happening to the party, formed in 1999 mainly to fight for the release of Anwar after he had been sacked from government and Umno and then jailed for corrupt practice and sodomy. The latter conviction was overturned on appeal.
“Are these leaders and members leaving because Anwar has failed to lead the party properly? Is this a reflection of Anwar’s leadership?” asked Nallakaruppan.
"Or is it because they realise that Anwar is being wrongly influenced by certain people in his inner circle?”
Nallakaruppan said that, despite leaders putting on a brave front in saying that everything is fine, the fact remains that many grassroots leaders and members who had been with the party from its inception have deserted it.
The most recent high-profile departure involved former Youth chief and a close Anwar confidante Ezam Mohd Noor, who said he was leaving after losing faith in his former mentor.
Other leaders too have left on similar grounds. Nallakaruppan himself quit in May claiming that he felt betrayed because Anwar had marginalised the Indian members.
On its part, the party has said it will not stop disgruntled members and leaders from leaving and denied that there are problems within the party. It, in fact, believes that it is stronger than before and is in a position to improve its electoral performance.
Nallakaruppan, however, claimed that grassroots sentiments paint a different picture, with “members saying that the party seems to have stagnated...they want to know why people are leaving”.
“PKR leaders, especially Anwar, must not just remain quiet. Anwar and (vice-president) Azmin must openly respond to allegations made by those who have left,” he said.
'Baseless accusations'
Nallakaruppan also warned several Indian leaders in the party to stop levelling baseless accusations against him.
Recent reports quoted them as saying that Nallakaruppan had not done anything for the party.
“Anwar knows the total number of members I brought into the party. For some of these Indian leaders to now dispute this only shows their ignorance,” he countered.
He said vice-president R Sivarasa and several other leaders have previously commended him for the number of new members he had recruited.
“Is Anwar instigating these immature politicians to attack me? If that is the case, I will then have to respond to these attacks to defend my reputation,” he said.
Nallakaruppan was brought into the party by Anwar in August last year and was asked to increase support among the Indian community.
Since his departure from PKR, Nallakaruppan has kept a low profile on his political future apart from saying he would make an announcement soon.
“I want my supporters to just be patient with me. I will definitely do something which is good for the community,” he said without elaborating.