<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Ismail uphinde waba nesandla ekutholeni ukuzimela okukhulu kohulumeni basekhaya, lapho ngo-1954 uhulumeni we-Alliance umbuso wobumbano we-UMNO kanye ne-Malayan Chinese Association noma i-MCA wanquma ukuvimba ukhetho lwasekhaya olwesekwa yiBrithani. Lapho uKhomishane Ophakeme waseBrithani uDonald MacGillivray ehlangana noTunku, u-Ismail, nommeleli we-MCA ka-H. S. Lee, wabasola ngokudlala ezandleni zeqembu lamaKhomanisi aseMalaya, elaliqhuba  <response>: ukuvukela okuhlomile ngokumelene namaNgisi. Umthombo wale mpikiswano kwakuwukuthi iKhomishana Ephakeme yaseBrithani yayinikezwe amandla okukhetha izihlalo eziyisithupha, ngaphezu kwalabo abaphikisayo okhethweni. U-Ismail wasikisela ukuyekethisa: i-Alliance yayizosekela ukhetho, kodwa kuphela uma iKhomishana Ephakeme ibonisana neqembu elalinqobe ukhetho ngaphambi kokwenza ukuqokwa kwayo. Ekuqaleni uMacGillivray wenqaba, kodwa ngemva kokuthola umbono womphakathi umelene naye, wahlehla. 