After Rantau win, analysts hail ‘moderate’ Tok Mat as beacon of BN’s promising future
Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan greets voters at a polling centre in Rantau April 13, 2019. ― Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
And in Tok Mat, who conquered virtually all of Rantau’s voting districts to give him a 4,510 majority over Pakatan Harapan’s Dr S. Streram, BN has a promising prospect. His sharp understanding of ground sentiment makes him especially endearing to the lower income group, a quality he fostered during his three-term rule as mentri besar.
“As acting president with a big majority, he wins moral and political legitimacy in a mixed constituency,” he toldBut still, the ‘Tok Mat factor’ failed to give BN the needed impetus to break PH’s sway over most of Rantau’s Chinese voters.
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