MORE than half of Malaysians surveyed chose Barisan Nasional (BN) and PAS compared to Pakatan Harapan (PH) in a poll by Emir Research.
The poll, which was conducted from January 15 to February 24, said that 52% said they would vote for BN and PAS if elections were held now compared to just 30% for PH.
Another 18% said they would pick an independent candidate.
The poll involved 2,002 respondents throughout Malaysia.
The survey, said Emir, showed a 14% increase for BN and PAS compared to a 11% drop for PH.
In a similar survey done in December, 38% had picked BN and PAS while 41% chose PH.
“Did the emergence of Perikatan Nasional (PN) out of nowhere to be the current governing coalition gave rise to a third force?” said Emir president and CEO Rais Husin.
“From one angle, it could be ‘yes’, because prior to the emergence of PN, there were only two coalitions – the governing PH and the opposition BN-Muafakat Nasional.
“But this is an apple-to-pear comparison because the emergence of PN is due to solving a political impasse, while both the baseline poll and the current poll are about regime change through a general election.”
The poll also showed that more than half of Malaysians (55%) were unsure of the country’s future direction while another 25% said they disagreed that the country was headed in the right direction.
“When this is added to the 25% of Malaysians who categorically say that the country’s future direction is on the wrong track, it gets more worrisome.
“Especially when one compares to the baseline findings of 50% who were unsure and 24% who categorically said that the country’s future direction is on the wrong track, there is indeed a worsening of the worry climate,” said the Bersatu supreme council member.
Rais said by early February, when Covid-19 began to seriously hit Malaysia, there was a sizable number of Malays and other Bumiputeras (84%) who either felt that the country’s future direction was on the wrong track or were unsure about it.
The figures for the Indians and Chinese were 72% and 68% respectively.
“Finally, when the issue of whether their family’s life is better now compared to two years ago, it is again a sizeable 71% Malay and other Bumiputeras who either answered in the negative or were unsure about it, while the Indians and Chinese were at 62% and 57% respectively.
“This higher sense of dissatisfaction among the Malays and other Bumiputeras provided the setting for politicians in Malay-based parties who sensed the timing was perfect to go for the jugular to hatch a plot for the demise of the PH government, which became a reality in the aftermath of the political crisis brought about by Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s resignation,” said Rais.
This is the second quarterly poll by Emir, which was set up last year.
PH collapsed as the ruling party in the last week of February after Muhyiddin Yassin pulled Bersatu out.
Days later, Muhyiddin forged a pact with BN/Umno and PAS to form PN, which also had the support of Sarawak’s ruling pact GPS, to form the federal government. – June 13, 2020.
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