Bagan Pinang is just a stone throw from my new office in Lukut. For the past few days, the town of PD had suddenly become so busy, so many police patrolling and roadblocks here and there. As usual, by election, the police need to let their presence felt.
The result of the Bagan Pinang’s by election is not at all surprising to me despite the landslide victory of Tan Sri Isa even though the Parkatan Rakyat had a good streak of winning the past 8 by-elections. But did the huge majority of over 5000 votes signal the return of the voters’ confidence on BN or it simply because Tan Sri Isa is such a heavyweight figure that is incomparable to his featherweight opponent? The chief minister of Pinang, when asked about the chances of Pas candidate winning the by election a couple of days ago, replied; susah, susah, susah. Three times susah surely means extremely difficult and that was proven to be true, as Pas candidate lost with a huge margin as compared to the general election last year.
Despite of Tan Sri Isa being associated with vote buying during the UMNO party election and subsequently being suspended by the disciplinary committee, it doesn’t stop over 8000 people in Bagan Pinang from voting for him. Perhaps many of us will wonder is there any politician that is truly clean. Perhaps being caught for vote buying is not as bad as being caught with the pants down. After all, we Malaysian, a truly Asian are a bit shy in nature, simply cannot accept a person to be a leader when we have seen his ding-dong in action. Perhaps the Pakatan people should take a hint or two from this defeat, as there are many issues cropping out in Pakatan led state governments in Penang and Selangor recently that threatening the credibility of the partnership.
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