In a blog posting entitled “The two choices offered to the voters”, Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak said, “This is the reality facing the voters, like the prime minister has explained.”

He also said BN offered the promise of stability to the people which the opposition did not.

“The voters will have to weigh what BN can offer as opposed to what Pakatan Harapan can offer.

“BN has been around for more than 40 years while the opposition has launched five coalitions in 26 years that never survived more than two elections,” he noted in his posting today.

He said that in the May 2013 general election, Umno emerged as the dominant partner of the BN ruling coalition.

DAP emerged as the dominant partner in the opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat.

“With the demise of Pakatan Rakyat and the creation of Pakatan Harapan, and with PAS no longer a member of the opposition coalition, DAP practically monopolises the opposition.

“In 2013, Umno won 88 parliamentary seats while DAP won 38, making DAP the second largest political party in Malaysia.

“DAP also claims it garnered 85-90% of the Chinese votes, which no other political party can boast about.

“That makes DAP dominant on two counts.”

Earlier today, Prime Minister Najib Razak told delegates at the Umno general assembly that the 14th general election (GE14) may be held any time soon. The government’s mandate runs out at the end of June 2018.