If the public opinion is turning against the current PM, the ruling party will be expected to remove the incumbent leader.
Recently, several foreign newspapers and portals pinpointed on the difficulties faced by the ruling coalition to hold the polls.
Among the ruling coalition, there are fears of yet another setback, if the polls are held before April 2013.Dr Mahathir Mohamad has periodically voiced his views that BN will be winning the next elections, but with a reduced majority. Lately, he suggested such a victory will render the regime destitute, or rather impotent.
In Malaysia, while most observers were adamant the polls will be held in 2012, they were dumbfounded by the prime minister’s hesitations.
With the month of January ducked, the month of February crossed-out, there is left the months of March, April or May.
Leadership crisis?
However, the month of June – as some observers are pointing out – could be the time for the elections.
Putrajaya seems emboldened by the calls from the Sabah State Reform Party (STAR) chairman Jeffrey Kitingan, to delay the Sabah polls.
This could be used to bolster plans to hold the 2013 polls, beyond the dissolution of the Parliament in April.
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