KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Both Parti Pejuang Tanahair and Gerakan Tanah Air will likely not see better days after they announced their split earlier in January, analysts polled byThey said Pejuang simply did not have the grassroots support to be a significant contender in the political arena, as evidenced by their crushing loss in the 15th general election.
“But the problem is deeper than that,” she said, adding that the party also suffered from weak leadership. However, last December, Dr Mahathir resigned from his post as Pejuang chairman leaving his son and president Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir to take up the challenge of leading the party.“toothless” without Dr MahathirIt was also recently reported that at least 13 of Pejuang’s central executive members had left the party to continue under GTA, sometime between December and Mukhriz’s announcement of the split.
“GTA has such a leader in Ibrahim Ali,” he said, referencing the president of Putra and formerly Perkasa president.
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