Pakatan’s defeat in Melaka not harbinger of GE15 performance - Printable Version +- Ipoh Community Forums (https://forums.ipoh.com.my) +-- Forum: News and Current Affairs (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-11.html) +--- Forum: Local News (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-12.html) +---- Forum: Politics (https://forums.ipoh.com.my/forum-50.html) +---- Thread: Pakatan’s defeat in Melaka not harbinger of GE15 performance (/thread-4040.html)

Pakatan’s defeat in Melaka not harbinger of GE15 performance - superadmin - 11-29-2021 KUALA LUMPUR – Putting the blame solely on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and making the PKR president a “sacrificial lamb” for Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) dismal performance in the recent Melaka polls would be unjust as there were other factors during the campaigning period that came into play, according to analysts.  Despite a total wipeout for PKR which was seen as a severe blow to PH, analysts said it does not indicate that it is the endgame of the opposition coalition – neither is it reflective of what is to come in the 15th general election (GE15). Universiti Malaya academic Prof Awang Azman Awang Pawi said that while the coalition’s decision to field two “political” frogs for Melaka’s Asahan and Pantai Kundor seats had backfired, it was a collective decision made by three component parties. Moreover, the four assemblymen who had caused the collapse of the state government by withdrawing support for Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md. Ali were not frogs but were party-less as they were sacked by their respective parties. - More -