Otherwise, why single out DAP explicitly and exclusively?
Why not single out Pakatan Harapan, the coalition?
Or PKR? or Amanah?
All of them are in the political coalition publicly and formally known as Pakatan Harapan.
In the 1st place, there are no DAP representatives in the just dissolved Johor State Executive Council (Exco).
Zero.
Zilch.
The recently dissolved Exco lineup consists entirely of representatives from Barisan Nasional component parties (UMNO) along with Barisan-friendly parties (MCA and MIC).
No Pakatan Harapan (PH) or DAP members hold Exco positions in Johor.
What you declared was never an issue because it wasn’t an issue to begin with.
Except for 21 months from May 2018 until February 2020, where Johor was governed by the Pakatan Harapan coalition who has 36 seats – DAP (14), Bersatu (8), PKR (5) and Amanah (9) held the remaining 22 seats - DAP has always been on the outside peeping into and sniping at the heels of the government of Johor.
Even in the 21 months, representatives from DAP, who has oversaw the following portfolios:-
- Local Government, Science and Technology
- Consumerism, Human Resources and Unity
- Women Development and Tourism
A reshuffle by the a new Mentri Besar in 2019 resulted in DAP being given an additional portfolio, that of Youth, Sports, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives.
In the Johor election of March 2022, BN secured 40 seats, a majority, enabling BN / UMNO to govern the state on its own, without the need nor assistance from rival political parties.
And Datuk Onn Hafiz was appointed as the new Mentri Besar this time.
Naturally, he kept all exco seats strictly within the BN coalition.
Even with the formation of the Madani government at the Federal level post the 15th GE in Nov 2022 where BN/UMNO collaborated with Pakatan Harapan to form the government at Federal level, no representatives from Pakatan Harapan were invited or co-opted into the Exco in Johor by the Mentri Besar.
It has been that way for the last 4 years.
No DAP representatives at all in the administration and under the tenure of Datuk Onn Hafiz.
So why the need to highlight that should BN / UMNO obtain the same or better mandate to govern the state again, BN / UMNO will not work with DAP?
Unless the `stars’ told Datuk Onn Hafiz that there is a possibility that BN / UMNO will lose its majority and if he wants to continue governing Johor, he needs to collaborate with his political rivals.
Otherwise, why DAP and not Pakatan Harapan?
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