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02. The Pakatan tide continues

© 2018 ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute/Singapore

© 2018 ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute/Singapore

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT vii
  4. ABBREVIATIONS viii
  5. FOREWORD ix
  6. INTRODUCTION xi
  7. THE CHAPTERS
  8. 01. Feeding that addiction 3
  9. 02. The Pakatan tide continues 6
  10. 03. The painful path towards devolution 9
  11. 04. Advantage Najib? BN may pay a high price for Perak polarisation 12
  12. 05. A cyber war in Malaysian politics? 15
  13. 06. Bewildered in Malaysia, perplexed in Perak, stupefied in Selangor 18
  14. 07. Still suffering from growing pains 21
  15. 08. Umno’s elections are as important as ever 24
  16. 09. Can Najib be the reformist Abdullah failed to be? 27
  17. 10. What Najib needs 30
  18. 11. Najib now has to deliver on his promises 33
  19. 12. No let-up in voter revolt 36
  20. 13. Time for Najib to go for broke 39
  21. 14. The May 13 Legacy 42
  22. 15. The Chin Peng Challenge 45
  23. 16. Is the future for PAS to lose? 48
  24. 17. The transformation of PAS has just begun 51
  25. 18. Making incumbency count 54
  26. 19. Populism has its redeeming points 57
  27. 20. “Remember Beng Hock” will be a steady battle cry 60
  28. 21. Teoh’s case stems from disregard of due process 63
  29. 22. Let’s all be 1Malaysians already 66
  30. 23. Reformist conservatives versus conservative reformists 69
  31. 24. Can Najib drop ‘Malays’ from Umno? 72
  32. 25. The last pickings of race ideology 75
  33. 26. No strong MCA without a strong Umno 78
  34. 27. BN infighting is just beginning 81
  35. 28. Bagan Pinang is Umno’s to lose 84
  36. 29. Imagine no Umno-MCA symbiosis 87
  37. 30. What Najib seeks is 1BN 90
  38. 31. Another index, another drubbing for Malaysia 93
  39. 32. Malaysian Model – What went wrong? 96
  40. 33. BTN issue is a Pandora’s Box 99
  41. 34. A loosening of commitments 102
  42. 35. Middle Malaysia vs One Malaysia 105
  43. 36. A severe test for Pakatan Rakyat 108
  44. 37. Federalism going down the toilet 111
  45. 38. Pakatan Rakyat’s glass is half full 114
  46. 39. How Najib is like Obama 117
  47. 40. Muhyiddin mirrors Umno’s dilemma 120
  48. 41. Is the Malaysian Chinese Association able to give up race-based politics? 123
  49. 42. Writing’s on the wall in Hulu Selangor 126
  50. 43. PKR weaknesses shown up again 129
  51. 44. Closure to May 13 remains elusive 132
  52. 45. Pakatan chips away at Barisan wall 135
  53. 46. Najib, the stealth strategist 138
  54. Epilogue. Now that Umno is 64 141
Between UMNO and a Hard Place
This chapter is in the book Between UMNO and a Hard Place
https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814311298-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT vii
  4. ABBREVIATIONS viii
  5. FOREWORD ix
  6. INTRODUCTION xi
  7. THE CHAPTERS
  8. 01. Feeding that addiction 3
  9. 02. The Pakatan tide continues 6
  10. 03. The painful path towards devolution 9
  11. 04. Advantage Najib? BN may pay a high price for Perak polarisation 12
  12. 05. A cyber war in Malaysian politics? 15
  13. 06. Bewildered in Malaysia, perplexed in Perak, stupefied in Selangor 18
  14. 07. Still suffering from growing pains 21
  15. 08. Umno’s elections are as important as ever 24
  16. 09. Can Najib be the reformist Abdullah failed to be? 27
  17. 10. What Najib needs 30
  18. 11. Najib now has to deliver on his promises 33
  19. 12. No let-up in voter revolt 36
  20. 13. Time for Najib to go for broke 39
  21. 14. The May 13 Legacy 42
  22. 15. The Chin Peng Challenge 45
  23. 16. Is the future for PAS to lose? 48
  24. 17. The transformation of PAS has just begun 51
  25. 18. Making incumbency count 54
  26. 19. Populism has its redeeming points 57
  27. 20. “Remember Beng Hock” will be a steady battle cry 60
  28. 21. Teoh’s case stems from disregard of due process 63
  29. 22. Let’s all be 1Malaysians already 66
  30. 23. Reformist conservatives versus conservative reformists 69
  31. 24. Can Najib drop ‘Malays’ from Umno? 72
  32. 25. The last pickings of race ideology 75
  33. 26. No strong MCA without a strong Umno 78
  34. 27. BN infighting is just beginning 81
  35. 28. Bagan Pinang is Umno’s to lose 84
  36. 29. Imagine no Umno-MCA symbiosis 87
  37. 30. What Najib seeks is 1BN 90
  38. 31. Another index, another drubbing for Malaysia 93
  39. 32. Malaysian Model – What went wrong? 96
  40. 33. BTN issue is a Pandora’s Box 99
  41. 34. A loosening of commitments 102
  42. 35. Middle Malaysia vs One Malaysia 105
  43. 36. A severe test for Pakatan Rakyat 108
  44. 37. Federalism going down the toilet 111
  45. 38. Pakatan Rakyat’s glass is half full 114
  46. 39. How Najib is like Obama 117
  47. 40. Muhyiddin mirrors Umno’s dilemma 120
  48. 41. Is the Malaysian Chinese Association able to give up race-based politics? 123
  49. 42. Writing’s on the wall in Hulu Selangor 126
  50. 43. PKR weaknesses shown up again 129
  51. 44. Closure to May 13 remains elusive 132
  52. 45. Pakatan chips away at Barisan wall 135
  53. 46. Najib, the stealth strategist 138
  54. Epilogue. Now that Umno is 64 141
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