BN Can't Accept Defeat

29th Aug 2009
Seems Barisan National(BN), cannot accept defeat easily.....yet again. This time, they come out with a lot of excuses and this time, i see all as lame. I think the group who were suppose to come out with the postmortem on why they lost want to do an easy job by coming out these so so so so lame excuses but then again, its not weird for them to do so. Today's Star paper tells u all:

"PUTRAJAYA: Barisan Nasional’s loss in Permatang Pasir was, among others, caused by low voter turnout, said Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan.

He said that those who stayed away from the polling booths on Tuesday were mainly Barisan supporters.

“The coalition could have won if the turnout was 85%. Any figure lower than that and it is difficult for us to secure a victory.

“It is a different attitude altogether between PAS and Umno voters. Those who support the Islamist party will come out to vote come rain or shine, or even if it is their last day on earth.

“But it is the opposite when it comes to those who support Umno. They will not go to the ballot boxes if is not convenient to them and it so happens, polling was on a weekday and it is the fasting month,” he told reporters at Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s breaking of fast function on Thursday.

According to the Election Commission, 73% of the voters turned up, less than the 83% recorded during the 2008 general election.

PAS retained the Permatang Pasir state seat in Penang when its candidate Mohd Salleh Man defeated Barisan’s Rohaizat Othman by a majority of 4,551 votes.

Mohd Salleh obtained 9,618 votes to Rohaizat’s 5,967. The majority was lower than the 5,433-vote recorded previously.



Ahmad claimed that Barisan also did not get sufficient votes from the Chinese community whom he believed had wanted to give the Pakatan Rakyat government led by the DAP a chance to administer Penang.

He cited, as an example, at one polling area where there were 2,000 Chinese voters but only 300 gave their support to the Barisan.

He also claimed that the existence of phantom voters and the fact that the area was a stronghold of Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had also denied Barisan a win.

“The character assassination (against Rohaizat) had also worked for PAS. Even though I personally believe there was nothing wrong with our candidate, voters somehow believed the allegations and it was difficult to change their perception,” he said.

Ahmad insisted that Barisan had “not lost five by-elections” because the seats belonged to the Opposition in the first place."

So, Ahmad Maslan...........don't talk crap in public. It looks dumb.