Political analysts have rubbished Selangor Umnos claims that the - TopicsExpress



          

Political analysts have rubbished Selangor Umnos claims that the Chinese were to blame for the declining support towards Barisan Nasional in the state, saying that the coalition should look deeper into its own shortcomings before taking a simplistic approach. Merdeka Center executive director Ibrahim Suffian said the low support for BN was far from an ethnic one, pointing out the recent reduction in fuel subsidy, which led to a 20 sen increase in prices was a significant factor. The cut in fuel subsidy has a deep and lasting effect on voters. Studies done before the 12th and 13th general elections showed that such measures shift political support for the party, Ibrahim told The Malaysian Insider. - See more at: themalaysianinsider/malaysia/article/figure-out-why-support-down-dont-blame-chinese-analysts-tell-umno#sthash.saiAWo7m.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:03:57 +0000

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