PAKATAN Harapan has settled the division of state seats among all its four parties for all states, except Selangor, said the coalition’s deputy president, Mohamad Sabu.

“The division of seats for all states has been settled. What is left is to fine-tune the (issue of) Selangor seats.

“We wrapped up allocations for the rest of the states yesterday (Thursday),” he told thousands of PH supporters at the Penang PKR fund-raising at Spice Arena in Bayan Baru last night.

He, however, did not reveal the details of the seat allocations.

It was reported previously that Selangor PH was only able to decide on 30 out of the 56 state seats. The settled seats are those currently held by DAP, PKR, and Amanah.

DAP holds 15 seats, PKR (13) and Amanah (two). The four parties could not resolve overlapping claims for the remaining 26 seats.

Mohamad, who is Amanah president, said it was the first time the opposition parties could settle the division of seats so early ahead of the general election.

The politician more popularly known as Mat Sabu said PH settled the parliamentary seats much earlier.

“We only have yet to settle the parliamentary seats in Sabah,” he said.

It was reported that the PH national leadership was brought in to settle overlapping claims for state seats in Terengganu, Kelantan, Perak, Pahang, Kedah and Penang.

PH president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail confirmed that seat allocations for the states had been settled, including Penang’s 40 seats.

In Penang, 19 seats are held by DAP, PKR (10), PAS (one) and Barisan Nasional (10). PKR, Amanah, and Bersatu have been fighting over the 10 BN seats held by Umno reps.

“The seats are basically resolved,” she said after the dinner.

Wan Azizah, who is also PKR president, declined to say when the seat allocation announcements for the states would be made.

Penang PH is likely to announce state seat allocations on March 11 during the Jelajah Pakatan Harapan event at Padang Kota Lama.

The event will mark 10 years for the DAP-led Penang government since the Pakatan Rakyat (precursor to PH) wrested the state in the 2008 general election. PH chairman Mahathir Mohamad is also expected to attend the event.

PH parties – DAP, PKR, Bersatu, and Amanah – are contesting in GE14 as a coalition for the first time.

DAP and PKR are old partners, while Amanah is a splinter party of former ally PAS. Bersatu, a party mostly made of former Umno members and supporters and led by former prime minister Dr Mahathir, is the newest inclusion.

The inclusion of new partners has made the division of seats more complicated for the opposition pact.

The PH leadership in several states is unable to settle the division of seats, forcing national leaders to take over and make the final decision. – March 3, 2018.