PAKATAN Harapan (PH) is making great strides in facing the 2022 general election but will need to maintain its focus in the remaining days, Rafizi Ramli said.

The PKR deputy president said that PH was “controlling” the election narrative, putting its rivals in a position to play catch-up.

“I think the opponents are in shambles in terms of campaign narrative. If you notice every single thing since the dissolution (of parliament), Pakatan has been leading,” he was quoted as telling Channel News Asia in Kuantan, Pahang, yesterday.

“We were the first one to announce our candidates, we were the first one to unveil our manifesto. And we are controlling the campaign narrative. It’s what we say, and then BN (Barisan Nasional) has to counter.

“We just have to make sure that we control it well, focus, don’t make mistakes and maintain the momentum in the next few days,” he added.

Rafizi also said that PH was aiming to win more than 90 seats in Peninsular Malaysia before working with a coalition in East Malaysia to form the government. 

For this to happen, he said the voter turnout on polling day, on November 19, must be more than 70%.

“I think the moment we cross 90 – we are in shot for that now – it’s obvious that PH gets the mandate from the peninsula,” he said.

“Then it’s a question of whether we can work with a coalition in Sabah or Sarawak that receives a mandate from there. And assuming that one or two coalitions (there) get more than 25, it’s already quite a stable government, given that we have the anti-party hopping law and so on.”

Earlier on Saturday, Rafizi said he expected PH to win 11 seats in Kuala Lumpur, 19 in Selangor, and possibly 13-15 seats in Johor. – November 7, 2022.