PETALING JAYA: Political analysts say Perikatan Nasional is more likely to profit from the present discord between MCA and its coalition companions within the coming Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election.
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid of Universiti Sains Malaysia stated MCA’s resolution to abstain from campaigning lends a picture of a disunited unity authorities camp.
“Such an impression shouldn’t be good for the morale of Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional supporters, and will discourage BN voters from throwing their assist behind their candidate,” he advised eNM.
Fauzi added that these public disagreements could jeopardise the unity authorities’s stability within the run-up to the sixteenth common election, if they continue to be unresolved.
“PH needs to be anxious that MCA could so brazenly categorical its refusal. Couldn’t such issues have been hid from the general public, even when simply to convey messages of obvious unity within the wake of an upcoming by-election?
“Such blatant disregard for unity augurs unwell for long-term collaboration between PH and BN.”
On Tuesday, PN election director Sanusi Nor stated MCA’s resolution to not marketing campaign will profit the coalition, and that PN is ready to capitalise on the rift between MCA and PH within the lead-up to the May 11 by-election.
Last week, MCA stated it might sit out the polls if the unity authorities’s candidate doesn’t come from BN.
Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs stated Kuala Kubu Baharu is more likely to be a really shut election. “Even the handful of votes that MCA would possibly contribute turns into crucial,” he stated.
However, Azmi Hassan of Akademi Nusantara stated MCA’s absence would have little or no influence on non-Malay voters.
“MCA’s affect inside each BN and the broader nationwide political scene is minimal, providing PN slight leverage, however not sufficient to sway the election outcomes,” stated Azmi.
