The opposition leader expressed his confidence in capturing Putrajaya to diplomats and foreign correspondents yesterday.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim said he is confident that
Pakatan Rakyat would win a “comfortable” majority in the next general
election that is widely expected to be held within months.
Anwar told about 70 diplomats and foreign journalists at a dinner
talk on Wednesday that the opposition is ready to lead with at least a
10-seat parliamentary majority in the upcoming election.
“I don”t expect to win all the states but there are no survey that says we will do worse now compare to 2008,” Anwar said.
“They (ruling coalition Barisan Nasional) tried. In the last election
when they lost five states… they could not have accepted that they did
not have these states. I think they are now resigned to the fact and
many of them are now uncomfortable, you know ministers have lost,” he
added.
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is expected to call the election
anytime from now before his government”s five-year mandate ends April
next year.
Analysts said the election is an important gauge for Najib”s support
after BN was dealt the worst blow in history by losing five states and
its two-thirds majority to the opposition in the 2008 election under the
previous administration.
Najib’s approval ratings fell from 69 percent in February to 65
percent in May after the government was accused to have mishandled the
Bersih 3.0 mass rally on April 28, according to independent pollster
Merdeka Center.
Anwar described Najib as a weak prime minister who appeared to be
“too scared” of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the longest
serving premier who modernised Malaysia, but in Anwar’s view, had “small
influence” among the people.
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