Analyst Lau Zhe Wei attributed Amanah’s low chances in Melaka to the BN-PN narrative of Malay unity, saying it has heavily skewed the political landscape against PH as a whole. (Facebook pic)PETALING JAYA: A political analyst has dismissed Amanah president Mohamad Sabu’s optimism about winning seven seats in the Melaka polls this Saturday as "wishful thinking", saying the party’s electoral record does not justify such confidence.
Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri.Speaking to FMT, Global Asia Consulting analyst Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri asked whether Mohamad was "reading electoral intelligence or simply entertaining himself with political imagination".
He noted Amanah's performance in 2021, when it won just one of the nine seats it contested in Melaka. In the 2022 Johor election, meanwhile, it secured only one of the 16 seats it contested.
