Amirudin calls for realignment to keep PH in power after GE15

 Pakatan Harapan election director Amirudin Shari says an increase in Malay support is not enough and a new political realignment should be considered for the next general election.

Amirudin Shari said a preliminary analysis of the Melaka state election had shown a positive wave, including increased Malay support for PH.

PETALING JAYA:

Pakatan Harapan must focus its efforts on formulating a new political realignment as a strategy towards forming a government after the next general election (GE16), said PH election director Amirudin Shari.

He said preliminary analysis of the Melaka state election held on Saturday had identified encouraging signs and a positive wave, including increased Malay support for PH. But the coalition’s current performance was still insufficient to form a government without broader consensus, he said.

Amirudin Shari.

“There has been some fairly positive growth for PH, particularly an increase in Malay votes. However, it is not enough because this is not merely about coalitions or support for a coalition, but about how political realignment should be considered to form a government,” he said.

“The increase represents a positive wave, and we (PH) are confident that there is still time to intensify and expand these efforts in the future for our collective success,” he said.

Amirudin, who is a PKR vice-president, said the country’s current political realities showed that the success of forming a government no longer depended solely on cooperation between political parties, but instead required consensus among political coalitions.

He said support for PH remained intact, with increases recorded in several areas, including Bukit Katil where Melaka PH chairman Adly Zahari secured more votes despite being defeated. Votes for PH rose from 6,805 in 2021 to 8,698 in 2026, an achievement in line with the trend of growing Malay voter support previously recorded in Negeri Sembilan.

He said voter turnout was higher than in the previous state election, but slightly lower than in the last general election.

“There are actually many more aspects that we need to examine. Therefore, the entire party machinery must continue to strengthen its grassroots operations and reassess its communication strategies to ensure that the current momentum of support can be translated into success in the future,” he said.

At the Melaka election, Barisan Nasional secured a supermajority by winning 21 of the 28 state assembly seats. Its electoral partner Perikatan Nasional won three seats while PH secured four seats. - FMT