KUALA TERENGGANU – The federal opposition Perikatan Nasional coalition led by the fundamentalist Parti Islam SeMalaysia is eyeing a clean sweep of all 32 seats in the conservative East Coast state of Terengganu at theMalaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government – comprising Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional – is fighting against seemingly insurmountable odds.
“The PN wave is still strong. We don’t see any major changes so far,” he said, referring to a surge of support for PAS in November, making it the biggest bloc of MPs in Parliament. “We are focusing on campaigning in the state seat areas. We have nightly events in every seat but on a small scale,” said Mr Ariffin.
With each new Umno chief minister, along came a new “mega” project. But every time a new project was announced, the last one would end up becoming a white elephant. Terengganu receives royalty funds amounting to RM1.5 billion annually, which is a huge boost to its state coffers.Mr Ariffin said the federal government under Mr Anwar has been paying the state the oil royalty in monthly instalments. He did not disclose the amount paid each month.
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