Why was Adenan Satem popular?

The 11th Sarawak election was concluded with a landslide victory for the ruling party, Barisonal Nasional.

The opposition led by Democratic Action Party (DAP ) suffered shocking defeats. DAP only managed to win seven seats out of the 31 seats it contested in the 11th Sarawak elections, five seats short of the 12 seats it won in 2011.

Lim Kit Siang, a controversial politician, was quick to congratulate Sarawak Barisan Nasional Chairman, Tan Sri Adenan Satem on his landslide victory. Lim Guan Eng, the son of Lim Kit Siang and also the Secretary General of DAP as well as the Chief Minister of Penang also congratulated Tan Sri Adenan on the victory. However, Lim Guan Eng went further to elaborate that the landslide victory of the Barisan Nasional was because of the popularity of Tan Sri Adenan Satem.

If the readers are to go deeper into their analysis of the statement made by Lim Guan Eng it would mean the opposition lost because they were unpopular. Questions posed to the readers are what the reasons were the opposition unpopular to the voters. Had the purchase of the questionable low price of the bungalow by Lim Guan Eng made the opposition unpopular? Was the internal squabbles among the Pakatan Harapan made them unpopular? Were the controversies on Lim Kit Siang made him unpopular?

Whatever the issues are, one thing for sure, be it Lim Kit Siang or Lim Guan Eng, nobody would resign from DAP to take it as a sign of responsibility of the defeat. The father and son would divert the attention of their party members by other political issues.

The result of 11th Sarawak Election would be different only if Lim Guan Eng was brave enough to take leaves pending the investigation on the alleged underpriced purchase of his bungalow.

The voters just wanted to see Lim Guan Eng walk the talk when he had been asking others to resign or take leaves when there were investigation going on. The stubborn refusal to heed the advice of taking leaves by Lim Guan Eng had made the voters uncomfortable and perplexed. Wasn't it? The result of the 11th Sarawak Election provided the answer!!!