Tuesday 9 April 2013

Culling in Progress

When I made the prediction of the culling process being used extensively with some efficiency by DAP in preparation for GE13 as explained in Battlefield Johor, I wasn't expecting that it would be done in such a ruthless manner.  But in retrospect, it isn't really that much of a surprise, just that I wasn't expecting to be proven right so soon.



After dismissing PAS into the largely unwinnable Malay-majority rural domains, and taking over the urban Chinese-majority and marginal territories from PKR, the central executive committee are now effectively muscling their way into Johor by displacing the majority of local DAP leaders.


The latest news being talked about is the retreat of Boo Cheng Hau, Norman Fernandez and Tan Chen Choon from centre-front positions in DAP Johor decision-making.

What is happening in Johor at the moment is large-scale displacement of local leaders to make way for centrally selected personalities that will be DAP's frontliners in Johor.

The DAP CEC operates the way a politburo does - the CEC decide everything, everyone else must toe the party line and carry out whatever has been decreed by the politburo, no dissension allowed.  If you are not CEC-approved leadership material, you don't stand a chance to be part of the top tier elite, and you must make way if you are instructed to do so.

You are not leadership track if the CEC say you are not.

Should you aim to ensconce yourself, and maybe your family, into the DAP political traditions, your faction must have strong representation in the CEC, while tacit support of the Secretary General would further strengthen your position.  Once you have established your dynastic credence, you and your children would be set for life.

In Johor's case, Dr Boo is the only Johor representation, which means he doesn't have a strong factional backing; it is known he is not on good terms with the Secretary General hence no backing from the top; and he does not fit in with the young, christian, Anglophile imagery of DAP's current power structure.  It's triple whammy - so into the wilderness you go.

Another thing, with the recent emphasis on youth, if you are not in line for central leadership position once you reach 40 years of age, you should be content to stay in the wilderness of state politics, don't even dream of making it further than tier-3, i.e. you have been marked as a provincial leadership material and should make way for the elites should that be required of you.

So what is happening in Johor is totally expected.

13 comments:

  1. What a cool pic. Pretty much sum up of what already transpired in Johor.

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  2. But will the strategy work? Time will tell. We can at least be glad that no other political party in Malaysia puts nepotism and family ties above talent.

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  3. Provoking the DAP people to go against each other, won't work.

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    1. In case you think I am provoking DAP to go against each other, I am not. I don't flatter myself that DAP operatives take me seriously, and I doubt they read me.

      This posting is my analysis of what is happening in Johor presently, based on my understanding of how DAP operates. I consider it an academic exercise.

      If I am wrong, I'd appreciate your point of view which we can discuss at length here.

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  4. Anon 18:34, the pic was something I got off a game's graphics - you see, I am a rather avid gamer :D

    Anons 20:53 and 22:17, if the retreat of the trio is true and not just political gimmick, the local leaders have already accepted central decisions, and are making way for the centrally chosen candidates. It is not a strategy, merely Standard Operating Procedures. It worked in Penang just fine in 2008.

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    1. Just imagine !, with the success of ABU, with the breakup of Malay vote to UMNO, PAS, PKR and Chinese voters are solid behind DAP ,who will lead the Pakatan into the next government . In this scenario UMNO lose badly because of success ABU campaign and unable to lead Barisan forming the next government. with the breakup of Malay vote PAS and PKR will only with minimal success assuring DAP with the most number of seat making DAP the leader of democratic process .

      Assuming that, the country administration is runs DAP style would it's be interesting to experience ?.

      Imagine with proper planing and strategy could become reality .

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    2. I was already working out a rough framework on how the opposition would run the country, and the possibilities are rather depressing. I was going to write about it, but decided against it as I sincerely hope that that scenario won't happen. Besides, that piece would be too lengthy and boring for most people.

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    3. Though many hoping this will not happened ,some might think this could not happen but please be remembered that DAP is working on it, and there are possible to happen with the breakup of Malay unity and weakness of UMNO .
      Many seem not to realize the reason" why only UMNO " being targeted not Barisan on the whole (with the cries of ABU ) and anything that is bad are the result of UMNO Government and nothing else ,though UMNO is far from perfect but DAP realize with stronger UMNO and united Malay their calculative dreams will never be made into reality .
      Going along with PAS and PKR is just a ways of making DAP dream into reality.

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    4. I concur with tebing tinggi. it boggles my mind too why they only target Umno.

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  5. ABCD- asal bukan cina dap. have u heardd that? its stronger than ABU

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    1. Of course I heard of that, but I prefer not to pursue a tit for tat kind of escalation of verbal hostilities. It is counter-productive when dealing with the kind of the well-trained spin-masters pakatan have on their side as it is a predictable and expected move. They were expecting such a move. Be smarter, buzz, attack them with something that has nothing to do with the bone in their mouth, so that you put them on the defensive.

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  6. The DAP command structure is just a copy-cat version of Singapore's PAP.

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  7. ABU...where got ABU nowadays..ABAI adalah.With Harris and his antics ABU is dead.

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