The right word to use is "ambivalent".
No. It does not surprise me that Selangor voters have become ambivalent with regards the Pakatan Rakyat (People's Pack) coalition which governs Selangor State and the Barisan Nasional (Nation Front) which governs the Malaysian Federation.
I voted Pakatan + Pakatan in 2008 and when Pakatan won Selangor, I hoped that the Selangor State Government would put a stop to the monstrous building projects but just look at the number of tall buildings which have come up and are being built on Jalan Utara. Ask Pakatan and they will say they cannot do anything because those buildings were approved by the former Barisan Nasional State Government of Selangor but hey! It's been six years you've been in power.
Thus, After having been strongly anti-Barisan Nasional since young, and strongly pro-opposition, after six years of Pakatan Rakyat rule in Selangor State, I've become ambivalent as well and voted independent + independent for Federal and State in the 2013 General Elections.
Both independent candidates lost miserably, so I guess than makes me a loser but I couldn't care less, since I'm ambivalent.
Thanks to The Malaysian Insider for publishing this article which reveals that the Pakatan Rakyat is shitting in their pants because Selangor voters have become ambivalent.
Oh! By the way, now that one of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition partner, Parti Keadilan Rakyat has decided that Anwar Ibrahim's wife Dr. Wan Azizah be Selangor Chief Minister replace Khalid, the sparks are sure to soon fly if Khalid makes a stand to remain or the Sultan of Selangor exercises his royal prerogative and says NO! to Dr. Wan Azizah becoming Chief Minister.
Whatever, whatever happens, I couldn't care less and will watch the FUN because I'm ambivalent.
However, I wonder whether at the end of the day, will we still have KIDEX, will we have water cuts again? will JAIS return the Malay language Bibles to the Bible Society of Malaysia? will we still have crazy building spree?, will still have houses cracking up due to construction of the Petaling Jaya North Sewer? will parking in the Petaling Jaya Shitty Shentre still be a nightmare? Will the horrendous traffic jams end? Will we still have potholed roads? will -- etc, etc, etc?
At least, I'm not ambivalent about such things.
Signed
Yours most truly
No2KIDEX
Pakatan lawmakers admit plunge in support in Selangor ‘worse than expected’
By EILEEN NG AND ZULKIFLI SULONG
Published: 21 July 2014
Alarm bells have sounded for Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders following a recent survey which revealed plunging public support for the coalition in Selangor, with some conceding that the outcome was worse than expected.
While acknowledging that the pact expected support to go down, Selangor DAP chief Tony Pua nevertheless said he did not expect the results to be so critical.
PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, meanwhile, urged the opposition pact not to be in denial anymore but to accept the results of the survey which was conducted by Universiti Malaya's Centre for Democracy and Elections (UMcedel).
"I am very concerned, the results were worse than I thought. We know support had decreased but what concerns me is the extent of the drop, which reflects the direness of the situation," he told The Malaysian Insider.
In the survey conducted from May 10-19, it was revealed that support for PR in Selangor had plunged by 15%, from 50% a year ago to 35%.
But ominously for Barisan Nasional, voters disappointed with in-fighting in PR have not returned to the ruling federal government. Support for the coalition was at 15% last year and this year, it rose by 10% to a dismal 25%.
The survey also revealed that the percentage of those unsure about both coalitions and refused to answer the question in the survey stood at 40%.
Pua said he had expected a drop of between 5% and 10% and that the 15% decrease in public support is "very serious".
Although the UMCedel survey did not attribute the reasons for the decreased support, it is understood that several contentious issues could have contributed to it.
This included the seizure of the Bahasa Malaysia and Iban-language Bibles by the state's religious department earlier this year, management of the state's water resources, approval for the controversial Kidex highway and political turmoil over Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's tenure in office.
Khalid has apparently lost the support of his PKR party and allies a year into his second term and is under mounting pressure from the PR leadership to resign over his handling of Selangor affairs.
However, the MB has defiantly said he would only quit after his term expires, despite pressure from fellow party members. PKR de facto chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said over the weekend that his party has chosen a successor to replace Khalid.
As such, Pua, a two-term Petaling Jaya Utara MP, said there is a need to take the survey results very seriously.
"It is important for Pakatan to take the study seriously and embark on necessary steps to regain the confidence of the people," Pua said, adding that the leadership is aware of this matter and are looking at ways to regain the trust of the people.
Saifuddin concurred, calling on all parties not to be in denial but to accept the results of the UMcedel survey.
"We should not be in denial as our reputation is at stake. Besides, UMcedel has its own reputation to look after in their research," he told The Malaysian Insider today.
"To me, the Pakatan leadership, especially in Selangor, has to be open and admit there is a problem and we ought to solve this together."
He said the survey showed that PR still commanded the support from the majority of the people in Selangor but it will continue to deteriorate if the problems that have cropped up in the state are not immediately resolved.
"We cannot let this polemic go on and the solution must be given immediately."
He is sure that the consensus between parties in the PR coalition – PKR, PAS and DAP – was the key to resolve the problem. – July 21, 2014.
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