Malaysiakini: THE RAKYAT WON!

9.55pm: At a press conference tonight, Prime Minister-in-waiting Najib said that the defeat in Kuala Terengganu should not be interpreted as the voters having spurned Barisan Nasional. He denied that the poll was a vote of no confidence on his leadership.While Najib conceded that this was a setback for the ruling coalition, he nevertheless played down the importance of the by-election. "We accept this defeat. This is the decision of the people. In a democratic system, the people's voice is supreme," he said. "I am confident that in the end the people will be confident of BN," he added...MCA president Ong Tee Keat meanwhile said that although BN was defeated in the by-election, the vote from the Chinese community however had increased compared with the March general election. "Despite the unfavourable results, I would like to thank the Chinese voters for staying with MCA during this difficult time," he said in a statement.
(PAS wins KT by 2,631 votes - Malaysiakini) Mr. Perception & Denial is saying all the 'right' things. Of course, the defeat is not a vote of no confidence. It was never all about a person or persons. It is all about system - the corruption and race-based politics that the rakyat has rejected and Mr. MCA is still living in a different time zone. MIC - Malay Indian Chinese - are all irrelevant. Can someone send him back to China?