GE14 will be all about cost of living, says Ibrahim Ali - Ibrahim Ali at his smartest

Got to give credit to Ibrahim ali when credit is due. Turning out to be a very fine and smart guy. The valve of ringgit purchase power have dropped from RM 1 to RM because it means it takes RM 5 to but something you can buy for RM 1 ten years ago. The wages have not risen that much but the inflation have outstripped even the yearly increase in the GDP of the country it was RM 1.8 to SGD 1 and 1 RM to 12 Thai Bahts ten years ago but now it takes RM 3.2 to by a SGD and 1 RM to buy only 7 Thai Bahts. Soon RM will be like Indonesian Rupiahs as Government spending is one the super fast lane , government revenue in super slowest lane and Government debts is like an over flowing septic tank waiting to explode and spray all Malayisan with sit and shit

GE14 will be all about cost of living, says Ibrahim Ali

Robin Augustin

 | March 22, 2017

Perkasa president says this is more important than having straight fights between the opposition and BN, which won't necessarily guarantee victory.

KUALA LUMPUR: The cost of living – rather than straight fights between the opposition and BN — will determine the outcome of the 14th general election (GE14), says Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali.

At a press conference today, Ibrahim explained it didn’t matter whether there were straight fights or not, citing the experience of Semangat 46.

“In the 1990 general election, when I was the Semangat 46 Youth chief, we had a separate electoral pact with DAP and a separate pact with PAS, so we mostly had one-to-one fights between the opposition and the government.”

But even with this and Semangat 46 being vocal against corruption and mega projects, we still lost because then the cost of living was manageable.

“After that election, I studied global politics and I noticed that in many countries, change was achieved — whether through coup de tat or elections — due to the unhappiness over the cost of living.

“If they can’t change the government through the ballot box, they will do it through the streets,” he said at Perkasa’s headquarters today.

He said this was why BN – which swept to its biggest ever victory in the 2004 general election – faired badly in the 2008 general election and lost five states.

Ibrahim, the former Pasir Mas MP, said even though former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad had attacked then prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the effect of this was minimal, as was de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s participation in that election.

“It was really about the cost of living and the ‘BN=Barang Naik’ campaign because then the price of everything went up from sugar to petrol.”

Ibrahim said this was why BN would be in “trouble” if people were unhappy over the cost of living, even if they were given the BR1M financial aid.

“When people aren’t happy about the cost of living, they will want change. They won’t care who replaces the government.”