The former deputy international trade and industry minister said the likelihood of BN securing a major victory had increased from more than 50 % to over 60 % after the first week of campaigning.
11 of the 56 seats are contests amongst candidates who are non Malay from both BN and PH.
What happened in Sabah in Nov 2025 where DAP was voted out in all the seats that they contested cannot be applied in elections in Semenanjung Malaysia.
It was the “Sabah first” clarion call that saw parties from Semenanjung Malaysia voted out.
Sabahans have widely viewed the DAP as a Semenanjung based party rather than a local one.
Thus, to use the annihilation of DAP in the Sabah elections in Nov 2025 as rejection and dissatisfaction by the Malaysians of Chinese descent towards PH and DAP is too simplistic an argument.
The non fulfilment of promises set out by PH in their election manifesto in 2022?
The day when the charges against the DPM who is also the President of UMNO was withdrawn by the Attorney General who then applied for a DNAA and subsequent full withdrawal of the charges against the DPM, voters already knew that PMX does not have full control or is in the driver’s seat in the government.
Voters are smart enough to understand and know that BN / UMNO still wield considerable clout in the machination of things in the corridors of power for the withdrawal of the charges to happen.
The unsuccessful power grab in Negeri Sembilan effectively cemented and confirmed that this PRN in Johor is merely a precursor to BN / UMNO’s attempt to seize power in states and at the Federal level at the earliest possible moment.
A few days ago, Khairy Jamaluddin campaigning for BN in Johor said PH’s manifesto is merely a cut and paste based on BN’s manifesto.
Following that, the Chairman of BN / President of UMNO reportedly said he had reviewed PH’s manifesto and found little that could be considered a game-changer for voters.
Obviously there is little considered to be game changer because according to Khairy, except for the different letterhead, one is an original while the other is a copy.
Thus, to project that it will be a near wipeout for PH and an almost total victory for BN, when you have 2 different parties offering the same things…………hmmmmm…..
Hopefully on 11 July, voters would vote based on their own conscience or alternatively opt for the lesser evil of the 2.
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