A note on Balingian

       It is never easy to predict the  exact results of any election . It is not always the question of who wins or lose .   Winning can mean different things to different people .Losing the election with a smaller majority than the previous one can sometimes mean a victory worthy of a celebration .
Therefore it is amusing that on the announcement of an election result it is the losing candidate that jumps to celebrate because he has reduced the winning majority of the winner . .
        In Balingian the PKR is the underdog and hope to do just that. Their mission is to reduce the majority of the BN .When that happens they will tobe able demonstrate that support for the BN is declining and the PKR be is gaining more foothold not just in Balingian but in the state of Sarawak .
         With the help of political leaders from Semenanjong ,which were never there before ,the guess is that this will happen come 29 March .I believe the BN camp is looking at this possibility with a lot of scary fear  for many reasons  ,among which is the fact that Balingian is the former constituency of Taib the political icon of Sarawak for more than three decades .For this reason alone the BN will spare no effort whatsoever to prevent this from happening .With the banning of top PKR leaders from entering Sarawak the playing field is no longer level ,what more with the traditional vote buying which is the inherent part of Sarawak's political culture .
          But the growing awareness of the  voters to the rights and wrongs of the political leaders from the BN ,voting in Balingian can be an unexpected shock come 29/3 .