MP SPEAKS | Pakatan Harapan did not suffer any loss in Perak

MP SPEAKS | We in Harapan have always held on to our principles and in the whole Perak episode, Harapan has not suffered any loss.

1. Since 2008, Perak has always been in the limelight due to it’s political instability. In the past three general elections, the results have shown that neither Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Harapan has the strong and sustainable majority in the State Assembly and the state has witnessed a swearing in of the menteri besar then.

2. In 2008, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won the state by 31 to BN's 28. In 2013, BN won by the same margin (but with PR having 55 percent of the popular votes). In 2018, the election results caused even worse uncertainty. It was Harapan 29, BN 27 and PAS, three. No one party has the majority to form government on its own.

3. Finally Harapan formed the state government after two Umno elected representatives' shifted their support to have a Harapan elected representative appointed as menteri besar. The state government then had a razor thin majority of 31 seats to form the new government. It was obvious that under such circumstances it is vulnerable and will not provide the political stability needed by the people.

4. In view of the weak majority and subsequent betrayal by Bersatu, the state government fell in March 2020, barely 22 months in power. Perikatan Nasional (PN) grabbed power and formed the backdoor government without mandate from the people...