Penganalisis beza pandangan mengenai strategi DAP ‘kekal buat masa ini’

Analysts react differently to the DAP's decision to remain in the Cabinet, with some believing the party still has room to rebuild trust by using its position to pressure for promised reforms, while others feel little can be achieved within the Cabinet at this time to regain the party's base support. At a special congress held on August 16 to determine the party's future in government, delegates overwhelmingly voted to keep their leaders in the Cabinet until the end of the current term.

One Kuala Lumpur representative, Sangeet Kaur Deo, argues the party needs to stay for now despite growing personal dissatisfaction among supporters, but emphasizes the party must reassess its relationship with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and regain its voters' trust. Too much compromise has made DAP seem weak, she says, warning that too many concessions could make the party look indecisive.

Deo suggests the party should demonstrate reforms are happening because of DAP's presence in government, rather than simply highlighting the performance of individual ministers while blaming Anwar or other party members when reforms stall. Meanwhile, another analyst, Oh Ei Sun from Singapore's International Institute of Labour Studies, argues that while the government's recent stance on a controversial religious issue caused many Malay voters to distance themselves, DAP would be better off withdrawing from the Cabinet but continuing to support it in Parliament.

This would allow DAP to criticize unpopular decisions without bringing the government down, preserving the party's base support among Malays and preventing a total collapse like that of the Gerakan party.