PONTIAN, Nov 14 — The battle to win the Tanjung Piai vote ahead of this Saturday’s by-election will not be an easy task, with voter sentiments divided among the two main component parties — Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN). However, ground sentiments in the past few days have...
Thursday, 14 Nov 2019 06:02 AM MYTChildren walk by a Barisan National banner at Kampung Air Masin in Kukup November 3, 2019. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
If anything, BN wears these leaders on their sleeves with pride, as the likes of Najib and other former government leaders have been headlining the ceramah circuit in the constituency.here said that his choice will be with BN as he feels that the coalition can champion the locals in Tanjung Piai better. as it is the only political party that we know that is capable of administering the country.
She said she was not bothered by the corruption cases involving the party’s top leaders as several of her own relatives are also Umno branch leaders in Tanjung Piai. “I feel that not much has been achieved by PH,” said Md Fairus, adding that this was evident in unfulfilled promises made by the ruling administration.
“For me, any changes can only be made by PH as they are in the government now and has an edge compared to being in the Opposition. Another Pekan Nanas voter, who wanted to be known as Chee, said he was not keen on voting for BN as he will not give the Opposition coalition his support. However, Kukup resident, who only wanted to be known as Anthony, said that his affiliation has always been with MCA under the BN coalition.“Despite BN not winning in the last general election, I am confident that the coalition will make a comeback,” said the businessman who is in his 40s.For Johor Umno liaison committee secretary Datuk Samsol Bari Jamali, the current sentiments show that the voters in Tanjung Piai are unhappy with the current PH government.
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