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Saving the Opposition in GE15 ― Murray Hunter and Lim Teck Ghee

APRIL 26 ― It will not come as a shock to those who have been watching the political scene to see the Umno-led Barisan Nasional win a resounding victory in the upcoming general election despite its scandal-ridden record of tainted leadership and mismanagement of the country’s economy and society.

In an extreme scenario, BN may even be able to garner a simple majority in its own right without the assistance of GPS. Bersatu is now basically a party made up of defectors who will be targeted by the parties they defected from in the coming general election. It is expected the majority of Bersatu seats will be taken by Umno, leaving Bersatu with a strength of between eight to 24 members in the best-case scenario.

This will be particularly so for PKR. PKR won 48 seats in the 2018 general election but lost 12 seats primarily from the Azmin Ali defections in February 2021. In a worst-case scenario, PKR could end up with as few as 26 seats in the next Parliament. Amanah may fare badly and could lose half its representation of 11 members, primarily to Umno and maybe even PAS in a couple of seats.

This means there will be fewer PH MPs in the new Parliament. The current 90 members could go down as low as 58 seats in a BN counter tsunami. Pakatan’s adherence to the traditional PH coalition will not stop other Opposition parties from competing against them and fragmenting the vote. Any revival of PH must come out of some understanding with other Opposition parties.

This effectively kills off any potential agreement with a party that betrayed PKR, especially with the Azmin Ali faction that brought the PH government down in February 2020. Some Opposition parties see PKR as an electoral liability. This is exacerbated with strained relations within the leadership, which is going to hinder the creation of any unified approach to the coming general election.

 

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After the LiesFake Manifesto last GE. Total Scam to Malaysian. Who needs the Opposition.Malaysian will never forget how PH Scamed Malaysian big time. And the LiesFake Manifesto will be played again n again in any Election as Reminder to Malaysian. Never trust PH or DAP again.

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