Now, what about the ultra-Malay segments who might celebrate this as a victory? It’s an early, premature celebration by shallow-minded folks who don’t understand the laws of nature, politics, and human behavior. On the surface, it looks like a unified 100% Malay-Bumiputera government.

But dig deeper, and it’s actually Malay political parties restricting and counterbalancing each other’s growth. What does that mean? If they unite, they’re forced to maintain the status quo, benefiting the current incumbents but stifling expansion. Let’s break down the numbers: PAS holds 43 seats, UMNO 26, Bersatu 31, and PKR 31, totaling 131 seats. But only about 100 of those are truly secure (from UMNO, Bersatu, and PAS).

Most of PKR’s seats are in urban mixed areas that rely on DAP’s core supporter base—they might not hold all of them. Even if all these parties combine, they might not dethrone DAP, not because DAP is invincible, but because its urban majority seats like Bukit Bintang, Cheras, and Kepong are rock-solid. Even if all Bumiputera votes consolidate, they couldn’t overtake DAP in those areas. As the Chinese proverb goes: “One mountain can have only one tiger.”

On the surface, it’s a 100% Bumiputera government, but behind the scenes, you’re putting tigers like Anwar, Mahathir, Muhyiddin, Hadi, and Zahid in the same arena. It’s only a matter of time before they start clashing and eliminating each other. Some might ask what I mean by Malay parties restricting one another?

If the status quo remains unchallenged, it prevents UMNO from returning to its former glory—they’ll be stuck at 26 seats. It halts PAS’s “green wave,” leaving them at 43 seats. This creates a stalemate and stagnation for all Malay-Bumiputera parties. How can they grow when they can’t contest against each other?

PAS also can’t push its Islamic agenda to turn the country into an Islamic state. It’s a myth that only non-Malays oppose this—the UMNO, PKR, and Bersatu Malays have different DNA, psychology, and worldviews from PAS. If UMNO wanted an Islamic state, they could have done it during their heyday with a two-thirds majority as Malaysia’s largest undisputed party.

What PAS fails to understand is that not all Malays share their religious views on politics and administration. Sooner or later, these parties will try to dominate one another. Each will plot to become the No. 1 Malay party. If Hamzah and Muhyiddin can fight within the same party, why is it abnormal for rival parties to scheme for ultimate dominance?

For stability, they’ll need the 56 MPs from Borneo. If they abandon this block, it’s risky—the 56 could align with DAP’s solid 40 seats and Amanah’s 8 to form a new government anytime. With 56 from Borneo versus PAS’s 43, Bersatu’s 31, PKR’s 31, and UMNO’s 26, Borneo becomes the kingmaker in this coalition. The moderates and progressives will call the shots.

This is what true Bumiputera check-and-balance looks like: parties counter-influencing and restricting each other. PAS won’t be able to ban alcohol, not because of DAP or non-Malay MPs, but because the Borneo Bumiputera won’t allow it—doing so would collapse GPS in Sarawak. That’s why a PAS candidate in Sabah even lodged a report denying plans to ban alcohol.

Not only is this their ceiling since they can’t contest each other, but it also limits their growth and puts everything in stalemate. Yet UMNO won’t stay silent for long—their entire DNA is rooted in feudal elitism and a dominance mindset. They can’t accept being the smallest Malay party at just 26 seats.

And since non-Bumiputera are out of the government, those seats are no longer a conflict of interest. Non-Bumiputera will no longer be the election scapegoat, punching bag, or weaponized issue. By then, it’ll be Bumiputera versus Bumiputera, outcompeting each other: left vs. right, conservative vs. progressive, religion-ahead-of-race vs. race-ahead-of-religion, B40 vs. M40 and T20, and the list goes on.

It’ll still be Bumiputera vs. Bumiputera, driven by the laws of human nature, politics, greed, dominance, power, and money. As for PKR? There’s nothing to celebrate. Their 31 mixed urban seats are the most fragile and vulnerable in this combo, likely making them the smallest party in the Bumiputera coalition.

It’ll also mark the end of any future prime minister from PKR. With non-Bumiputera out of the equation, whoever rises to the top in each Bumiputera party automatically wins big. So, each party will see fierce internal killings to climb the ladder—just like UMNO in its glory days, or what’s happening in Bersatu now.

Everyone fighting for positions, candidacies, and more, because internal victory means a shot at PM. It’ll create a Game of Thrones among the Bumiputera parties. And it won’t stop at the top. Once the non-Malays are no longer in the cabinet or government, the real war will begin over every single slice of the pie:

Which party controls which GLCs and their multi-billion-ringgit empires Who gets the powerful minister portfolios who heads the government agencies, statutory bodies, and regulators All the way down to who becomes Ketua Kampung, penghulu, JKKK chairs, and every small contract and perk that comes with it.

When the “enemy” (non-Malays) is removed from the equation, the knives will turn inward even faster—pure Bumiputera musical chairs with real money, real power, and real blood. What do non-Bumiputera have to lose? We already have nothing to begin with, always relying on ourselves. Even having our own race in the cabinet changes little—we’re still blamed and used as punching bags by aspiring politicians and parties.

And Here’s the Biggest Silver Lining Most People Miss When the non-Malays are completely out of the government, the real true colours of Malay politicians will finally be exposed – not to us, but to their own community.

For decades, the narrative has been drilled into the Malay heartland: “Melayu terancam! Islam terancam! The Chinese are the root of your poverty!” They were told the enemy is the non-Malays – that if only we remove the non-Malays, everything will be fair, just, and prosperous for the Malays. But the moment a 100% Bumiputera government is formed, that entire lie collapses in plain sight. The ordinary kampung folk, the B40 Malays, the PAS supporters, the Perikatan die-hards – they will finally see with their own eyes:

The rich and elite Malays will keep getting richer. The poor Malays will stay poor, or get even poorer. Government projects, contracts, GLCs, and billions in wealth will still flow to the same handful of elite Malay families, cronies, and political warlords – just like before. Their own leaders will stop fighting for them. Why? Because there is no longer a “non-Malay enemy” to rally against. No more “Cina yang halang kita!” to shout from the stages. When the votes are already 100% locked in, what slogan is left?

Sooner or later, the realisation will hit like a thunderbolt: “Rupa-rupanya selama ini kita dipergunakan sahaja. Kita dijadikan senjata untuk lawan orang bukan Melayu, supaya segelintir ahli politik Melayu boleh naik kuasa dan kaya raya untuk diri dan keluarga mereka sendiri.

Rupa-rupanya ini bukan perjuangan bangsa dan agama – ini perjuangan pangkat, jawatan, wang, dan kemewahan peribadi.” Even the most hardcore PAS supporters will wake up: “Rupa-rupanya 100% kerajaan Melayu-Bumiputera pun hudud tak dapat, negara Islam pun tak jadi. Sebelum ini kita ingat orang bukan Melayu yang halang – rupanya bukan!”

That moment of mass awakening among the Malay grassroots will be the most powerful, most irreversible change of all. The spell will be broken forever.

And that, ironically, might be the greatest gift a DAP withdrawal could ever give to this country – forcing the Malay community to finally see their real oppressors have never been the non-Malays sitting in Putrajaya. The real oppressors have always been wearing the same songkok and speaking the same language as them. So let them have their 100% Malay-Bumiputera Government if they want it so badly.

It won’t destroy the non-Malays. It will destroy the biggest lie they’ve been feeding their own people for seventy years.