12-09-2022, 05:01 PM
IS there an irresistible “green tide” phenomenon in Malaysia that will transform the country into a complete Islamic state by 2032 when we go to the polls again for the 17th General Election (GE17)?
Such is the view of some political analysts who see Malaysia inexorably heading in that direction.
However, I am not that pessimistic, although the “green tide” phenomenon in the 15th General Election (GE15) had caught all political parties, analysts and opinion polls by surprise.
I believe that the “green tide” phenomenon in GE15 – which had resulted in PAS emerging as the biggest parliamentary group in Parliament with 49 MPs – stood on sand and is far from being invincible.
This is because the phenomenon came about due to the creation of toxic politics of lies, fear and hate with race and religion thrown into the mix as well as the lowering of the voting age to 18, which had added 1.4 million new voters to the electoral row.
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