Can Democratic Action Party (DAP) still defend its current 40 parliamentary seats in the next 16th General Election, which is not far away, after it was wiped out in the recent Sabah state election? The answer is obvious – it can’t. Even before the Sabah election, it was impossible for the party to repeat its previous result, which was due to 95% Chinese support back in the November 2022 national polls.
The first reason is the Newton’s Law – what goes up must come down. The second reason is the Chinese community’s increasing disappointment with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s racism, discrimination, Islamisation, and what appears to be anti-Chinese policies. The third reason is the frustration and anger over DAP’s silence whenever the ethnic Chinese were bullied, targeted and insulted.
The minority Chinese and Indians were united in sending 40 DAP MPs to the Parliament three years ago to defend their rights, to speak up against injustice, to fight corruption, to promote good governance, and to implement reforms – not to keep silent and play marbles, let alone become Anwar’s lapdog or bootlicker. They did not waste time queuing under the hot Sun voting for DAP so that it becomes sleeping beauty.
While Pakatan Harapan (an alliance comprises DAP, Amanah and Anwar’s party PKR) was the biggest loser in the Sabah election, the party that suffered the biggest humiliating defeat was DAP – a complete wipeout, losing all eight seats it contested. The total annihilation was the biggest defeat in the history of DAP in the Borneo state. Decades of hard work vanished with a snap of a finger.
Now, DAP can no longer fantasize about retaining its 40 seats in the Parliament. That ship has long sailed while DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook and his lieutenants – drunk with power and perk – became arrogant and forgot their roots. However, it can still do some damage control to salvage whatever is left to prevent the damaged ship from sinking.
Still, some diehard DAP bloggers, propagandists, cyber troopers, YouTubers, TikTokers and news media are in denial. Sabah is different from Malaya or Peninsular Malaysia, they said. Sabahans were stupid, they mocked. A Sabah state election is different from a general election, they argued. Sabah has more options, unlike Malaya where the choice is between Pakatan Harapan and radical Perikatan Nasional, they justified.
At most, it was merely a protest vote due to “Sabah for Sabahan” political propaganda, they tried to downplay the brutal punishment by Sabahan. In short, they desperately tried to pacify themselves that Sabah was an isolated case and its election results will not repeat in Peninsular Malaysia. Hilariously, this is the same group of blind supporters who had earlier bet they would run naked if DAP were to lose their seats.
Before the Sabah election, Chinese in Malaya urged – even begged – their comrades in the Borneo state to teach Pakatan Harapan a lesson. After the Sabah election, they broke into a wild celebration on social media. That simple fact speaks volumes about a serious crisis of confidence in the leadership of both Anwar and Loke throughout the nation, not only in Sabah. The last time such sentiment exploded was before former premier Najib Razak lost the 2018 General Election.
Even if Sabah’s tsunami was an isolated case, which is not, DAP would lose 5 parliamentary seats it won in Sabah alone. Chinese voters who gave their support to Parti Warisan could repeat the so-called “protest vote” in the next national polls. DAP should be worried because in Luyang – where the Chinese voter ratio is the highest – Warisan’s candidate received more than double the votes of DAP’s candidate.
The burning question is whether Anthony Loke dares to continue hugging Anwar, and take the risk of ignoring Sabah’s warning. If the anti-Anwar and anti-DAP sentiments continue to sweep across the country, DAP would be extremely lucky to maintain even half of its existing 40 parliamentary seats. The Sabah Chinese have spoken – their votes can come and go, and they are certainly no fixed deposit of DAP.
While Mr. Loke has announced he took full responsibility for DAP’s extraordinary defeat in Sabah, he refused to resign. After an emergency central committee meeting, he proudly announced – “After thorough reflection, we will compile all feedback received and work closely with the prime minister to accelerate the reform agenda over the next six months.”
Firstly, the clueless DAP committee doesn’t need to waste time compiling feedback. All the dissatisfaction and disgruntlement had already been expressed in the comment section of alternative news media, or articles published on websites which “Information cum Propaganda Minister” Fahmi Fadzil has banned to stop critics from exposing that narcissist Emperor Anwar has no clothes.
Secondly, what types of reforms that DAP could bring to the desk of the arrogant prime minister that would interest him enough to make a U-turn? Anwar is like Trump, who has actually lost the trade war to China, but could not find a good excuse to climb down without losing face. Loke should publicly unveil the reforms to be pursued; otherwise, it is just another gimmick to scam the Chinese.
Thirdly, what reforms could DAP really push in 6 months that Pakatan Harapan has failed to deliver in 36 months? After all, it was Anwar who insisted that reforms not only take time, but also require cooperation from coalitions beyond Pakatan Harapan. If DAP could really pressure the Premier to suddenly accelerate the reform agenda now, doesn’t it mean Anwar has lied all along?
More importantly, what would DAP do if PKR President Anwar carries out only selective reforms convenient to him. Will Anthony Loke close both eyes and self-proclaim that all the reforms have been implemented to hoodwink the Chinese community? Is DAP ready to take the extreme measures to make the drama more realistic – leave Pakatan Harapan or even better, quit Unity Government?
Yes, DAP should take a page from UPKO’s playbook by bravely quitting the government the same way UPKO President Ewon Benedick resigned as Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister over disagreement with Anwar-appointed Attorney General’s appeal on Sabah’s 40% revenue rights, followed by the withdrawal of UPKO from Pakatan Harapan.
When Loke ridiculed Ewon’s resignation prior to the Sabah General Election, he had no idea that Ewon was smarter than him. The UPKO president’s strategy paid off – his popularity skyrockets and his party tripled its seats. He is now the new Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah, better than to stay as a lame federal minister for the remaining 2 years under Anwar Madani administration.
In reality, DAP under the spineless Anthony Loke leadership has no good options to salvage the “self-inflicted damage” except to withdraw from the Pakatan Harapan alliance. In fact, the party should warn publicly – the louder the better – its threat to pull out from the toxic Anwar government if meaningful reforms are not implemented within 6 months. That might restore some of its tarnished reputation.
DAP should think twice about copying MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association), who has been bluffing about quitting Barisan Nasional since 2022. It should decisively and courageously quit the federal government to show that it is not power-hungry. It could still maintain a “vague support” for Anwar under the pretext of national stability – till the next national election.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Immediate reforms would be low-hanging fruits like replacing corruption-tainted MACC Chief Commissioner Azam Baki, whose contract had been extended three times by the incompetent prime minister. Likewise, the useless Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek should be dropped in the next Cabinet reshuffle.
Another hopeless backdoor minister – Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution – should stop the thuggish police force from bullying, threatening and suppressing critics. Trigger-happy police should be charged for shooting people they don’t like. The abduction of Christian pastor Raymond Koh and activist Amri Che Mat by “Special Branch” requires an immediate justice to restore public confidence.
But there are bigger problems that cannot be fixed within 6 months. These include bad policies – from economic mishandling to education discrimination – which have worsened since DAP came to power. This is why it’s impossible to restore Chinese support for DAP to pre-2022 level. The damage is done, thanks to DAP’s silence and Anwar’s complicity with UMNO in oppressing the community for the past 3 years.
Tax regimes like the expansion of SST (sales and services tax), the troublesome e-invoicing system, and the deliberate tax refund delays are just some unpopular economic policies affecting SME (small and medium enterprise), especially Chinese business owners. Worse, the LHDN or the taxmen was ordered by Anwar to aggressively collect taxes, leading to abuse of power such as denial of rightful tax exemptions.
Sarawak has long recognized the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC), which is equivalent to STPM and A-Levels for entry into many tertiary programs. Sabah, under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor before the Sabah election, announced recognition of UEC by the state government on September 22 and even agreed to set up scholarships for UEC holders.
DAP, who, when in opposition, consistently advocates for the national recognition of UEC for Malaysian Chinese independent school graduates, viewing it as crucial for fairness and educational inclusivity, has practically ignored UEC after it comes to power. UEC is arguably DAP’s biggest trump card to win back 90% of Chinese support. But would Anwar even care to entertain DAP, assuming Loke has the balls to raise this issue?
Suddenly found itself despised by the same community it claims to represent, DAP should think twice about trying to insult the Chinese intelligence by cooking a list of meaningless reforms just to suit its political masters PKR and UMNO. The time where DAP top leaders behaved as if they were very “clever and ‘atas’ (above)” than the voters who put them in power is gone.
Anwar’s PKR (People’s Justice Party), still in disillusion and denial, is not expected to be able to fulfil DAP’s reforms, largely because the party cannot afford to be seen “kowtow” to Chinese DAP, and partly because those reforms would clip its wings to flex power (or abuse of power). Therefore, like it or not, DAP has to prepare for a withdrawal. But should it quit Pakatan Harapan only, or also from the Unity Government entirely?
Quitting Pakatan Harapan while keeping the posh jobs as ministers would be laughable, not to mention hypocritical as it does not pose any danger to Anwar’s Iron Throne. The cosmetic tactical move would backfire as it does not take a rocket scientist to tell Loke’s leadership is power crazy. To maximize Chinese support, clearly the best move is to leave both Pakatan Harapan and Unity Government.
The next question is when to leave the Madanistan. The timing is important because not only the Anwar government would collapse without DAP’s 40 MPs, leading to a snap election, but also because it will determine if DAP, PKR and Amanah should quietly make a pre-emptive “backroom deal” in seats distribution so that they could form a new government again after the 16th General Election.
But would DAP’s leaving Pakatan Harapan force Anwar to invite opposition Perikatan Nasional to fill the vacuum? If that happens, it will only prove that Anwar is untrustworthy, and has no dignity and principle as he is willing to work with racist bigots and religious extremists just to cling to power. PKR would die even faster as the Chinese can safely abandon Anwar.
Some silly YouTubers warn that if Chinese are not united in supporting Anwar, the Opposition led by the radical Islamist party PAS could form the next government. Holding the Chinese community ransom with this threat can only work for so long. Are you saying the ethnic Chinese must blindly give Anwar blowjobs forever? It was precisely this type of fearmongering that Anwar and Loke became complacent, arrogant and lost touch with the ground.
The Sabah election’s result is a big deal not only because it wipes out DAP, but also raises the question about the feasibility of a DAP-UMNO partnership, as dreamt by Anwar, Anthony and Zahid Hamidi. So, even if the power-hungry DAP leadership refuses to quit Pakatan Harapan, it still needs to decide whether to work with UMNO after the message sent by Sabahan.
One of the reasons Chinese Sabahans punished Pakatan Harapan and even Barisan Nasional was the bullying, racism, and gangster culture from Malay-UMNO, which PKR president Anwar and UMNO president Zahid allowed to terrorize Chinese business interests. If DAP works with UMNO in the next election, angry Chinese voters could punish both by staying at home, or worse, vote for the opposition as part of protest vote.
Working with UMNO would be a kamikaze mission for DAP. If DAP is ready to throw Anwar under the bus to save its own skin, then it has even more reason to distance itself from the corrupt and racist UMNO. Make no mistake, not only DAP, PKR and Amanah depended on Chinese vote bank, UMNO too hopes to leverage Chinese voters to boost its scorecard in the next election.
The next election may produce yet another hung parliament. DAP’s immediate strategy is to win as many seats as possible. Only then does it have the bargaining chips to negotiate for a seat at the high table, and join a ruling government. But to do that, it first has to press all the right buttons to win back the Chinese support it has lost. And the first button is not to hug Anwar all the way to self-destruction.
DAP may need to go solo under its trademark “rocket” banner because the Chinese are upset with the Malay nationalist party UMNO and the fake reformist PKR party. The ethnic Chinese voters, who make up a quarter of Malaysia’s electorate, are deserting PM Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan coalition. They have even higher expectations now to see actions and results, not political rhetoric or lies.
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December 6th, 2025 by financetwitter
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