Lim Kit Siang said that the Penanti by-election was, yet again, a referendum to Najib’s administration (read here). He then calls for a policy review by the Prime Minister.
The first time I read this news, I went “not again!” Can we not call it a referendum whenever BN lost? So if BN wins in one of the by-elections later on, does it count as support for Dato’ Seri Najib? Therefore, people at Batang Ai supports him? Or, why not we call the Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn the High Court a referendum as well? So it seems that the Court of Appeal supports the federal government and the high Court supports the federal opposition. After all, judges are voters too.
The other thing I’m confused is, if the voters really did vote for Dr Mansor because they do not approve of Najib’s administration, I really don’t get where they are going. It is, after all, a state seat. No matter who wins, the federal government would not change. Why not call it a referendum of support for Lim Guan Eng’s administration? Maybe they think he is doing a really good job in Penang, better than Koh Tsu Koon maybe?
Maybe the voters wanted a Malay DCM and they prefer Dr Mansor as the DCM compared to the other two Malay assemblymen from the state government.
Maybe simply because the voters think that Dr Mansor was indeed the best compare to the other candidates.
This are all speculations. For the truth, you have to ask the people in Penanti. Maybe you would be surprised by the answers, or not.
