Kuala Terengganu By-Election : A Lesson Learned

BN should by now learned their lesson with their defeat in the Kuala Terengganu By-Election. Their promised of continuity was thrown in their face by the voters who prefered the PAS candidate. A promise to appoint the BN candidate as a deputy minister was met with retaliation by many as if there is no other MP's suitable enough to be Deputy Education Minsiter besides UMNO. A publicity stunt depicting comments from PAS members ' supposedly' supporting BN candidate and 'crossing over to UMNO' was an 'old trick' that backfired many times over.

As Khairy Jamaluddin said "the KT by-election defeat to PAS should be looked at from various angles and not just at the candidate " contradict comment from George Chan who said "when you have a 50:50 chance. personlaity becomes important as a candidate who could win the hearts and minds of the voters would be the one considered effective".

The issue of personality was raised by many but BN would never listened. As in the case of Sarawak, much have been said but still candidates are picked by the king, not the masses and its'not surprising that some of the Kings' men never make it..as the masses are the one who determined their fate.