YOURSAY | ‘Either get continued support by action instead of words or stop being delusional.’

Rafizi: Less than 30pct Malays back Harapan, non-Malay support crashing

Mazhilamani: We rarely see a politician being outrageously truthful like PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli.

It is for the prime minister, PKR and the government to gain knowledge of this revelation, and it includes DAP and BN as well.

It is good that Rafizi is sharing his findings before the PKR general meeting, for if it is done after, nobody will take him or his findings seriously.

At this rate, the prime minister and his government cannot be expected to win the 16th general election.

This is also a call for the partners to put aside their interests and stay united to look for ways and means to regain voters’ support and confidence.

The internal bickering by young, racist and immature politicians within the government must stop.

It is for the leaders of the partner parties to act decisively against known troublemakers.

Two years may be a short time for remedial actions, yet they need to be done.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his cabinet may already be aware of those weaknesses. It is time to act and rectify.

Bluemountains: Rafizi is spot on in his analysis of the level of support PKR is getting from the various races.

As a result of unkept promises and betrayals, the Chinese community will not go out to vote in GE16.

DAP will suffer the same fate, and Harapan as a whole will be defeated.

Most PKR leaders are more interested in fighting for positions than honouring their promise of reform.

They will all end up winning the battle but losing the war!

GP2025: The one clear thing is that no party or coalition will have an outright majority of 122 seats to form a government in the next general election.

Parties and coalitions must seek additional partners to ensure a majority to form a government with the mandate of the people.

Perikatan Nasional is in a stronger position to win allies and enter the general election confident of a win.

It’s a confidence Harapan does not have. Its choices are the leftover parties like Umno and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), which it may have no choice but to join and risk losing some support.

But Rafizi needs to understand that this is precisely the scenario Anwar expects.

By splitting the votes, a hung Parliament is inevitable. In a hung Parliament, if the MPs don’t fight to sort out the issue of majority by themselves, Anwar will use it as an excuse to give the king the chance to intervene by appointing a prime minister and direct the parties to support his choice, just like in 2022.

Again, an undemocratic government will be formed, and all the problems we have been having since 2022 will repeat.

This is the context that Rafizi needs to communicate in some way to PKR voters so that they vote with their eyes fully open.

Letdown since 2018: Harapan and PKR did not win the last general election.

They are in power because they betrayed their supporters and principles.

Their biggest opponent, Umno, gave them a lifeline to be in power courtesy of Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The party that won the most seats is PAS.

PKR should get off its high horse and start serving the people and country.

The next general election is only a little over two years away.

Either get continued support by action instead of words or stop being delusional.

Pink: Typical of Rafizi bandying statistics from a flawed research methodology.

The only question is, do the non-Malays have other options but to vote for Harapan?

Anwar understands that the non-Malays are caught in a bind, and exploits it to the hilt.

Besides, Anwar got three years to entice the Malays by implementing Muslim-centric policies. He will go full blast when the election is near.

As it is, there are large numbers of Malays like me drifting back to Umno because of PN’s failure to show intelligence and political skills.

A lot of Malays told me that they didn’t vote for Umno because of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, not because they disliked Umno, which has done a lot for their race.

Now that Najib is languishing in prison, there is no reason not to vote for Umno.

When the support for PKR and Umno combined, the level of support for the Madani government was close to 60 percent, more than enough to win comfortably.

Analytical skills are not Rafizi’s forte.

Kiwi: You only start bringing out the graphs and doomsday warnings when your position is in jeopardy.

To be honest, Rafizi’s performance as the economy minister is not that outstanding and is on par with the rest of the PKR ministers.

You guys have plenty of chances to stand up for racist remarks from Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh or issues on corruption or reform, but have been complacent in it.

What you say is true, at this rate, non-Malays won’t come out and vote. If you guys want to win the next general election, please start the promised reforms while still in power.

Jangan Main Main: Rafizi could be right, the number of usual Harapan supporters is sliding by the day.

One pertinent and glaring remark gathered from the man on the street is that we are hearing of fresh corruption cases every other day.

Yet we haven’t seen any small or big fish (those corrupted ones) joining Bossku in Kajang.

Correct me if I am wrong, but what reformasi?

The Illusion Of Choice: Do you see the huge intellectual gap between Rafizi and PKR deputy president aspirant Nurul Izzah Anwar?

Rafizi is speaking hard truths and a call to action.

Nurul Izzah is still parroting empty words like “reformasi takes time”.

Donkey See Donkey Do: You are right, Rafizi. Harapan is not doing things right. Wishy washy ideas and implementation.

The people need a clear and focused agenda from the Harapan government. Never mind the timeline, start doing the work.

What kind of Malaysia do we want? What we want our children and their children to inherit from us. A clear path. Strong leadership.

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