KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has a big challenge for the coming elections in six states, and that is to increase the...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — Pakatan Harapan chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has a big challenge for the coming elections in six states, and that is to increase the coalition’s Malay vote bank, former minister Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar said.
Khairy noted that several analysts, whom he did not name, have put PH’s Malay vote share during the general elections last year at less than 15 per cent. Back then, PH and its rival coalition Perikatan Nasional — of which PAS is a component party — were at a stalemate as neither side had enough wins for a simple 112-seat majority to form government.
He added that while the Opposition coalition is still unlikely to take over Selangor, it has a chance to win 12 out of the 56 state seats, with PH likely to keep 41. “Furthermore, the political undercurrents currently being felt in Malaysia may gain strength and threaten Anwar’s stability if he and his allies cannot successfully navigate through them,” Khairy wrote.
“Anwar’s political capital is taking a hit, given Zahid’s controversial reputation and the impression that he is rewarding his supporters and cronies unchecked. “Of greater concern to Anwar is if Umno becomes an electoral liability during the state polls,” Khairy wrote.
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