GEORGE TOWN: Pakatan Harapan will win up to 130 seats in the general election, a DAP leader said last night, while another hailed the prospect of Penang-born Anwar Ibrahim becoming the prime minister as being good for the state.
Bukit Gelugor hopeful Ramkarpal Singh said his personal prediction was that PH would win between 125 and 130 seats, for a comfortable parliamentary majority of three to eight seats.
“People say I’m dreaming (about the seat prediction), but we need to wake up and live the dream,” he told a 5,000-strong crowd at a campaign finale in Jelutong.
He denied claims that PH would form an alliance with Umno, and vowed to “make sure it does not happen”.
Bagan candidate and DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng hailed the prospect of Bukit Mertajam native Anwar being appointed the 10th prime minister.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was the other Penangite who was once a prime minister.
With Anwar around, Lim said, Penang would be thrust to its glory days again. He expressed hope that the classic double-decker ferries would return and the long-delayed airport expansion would resume.
Former Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang also touted Anwar to “make Malaysia great again” and save it from further deteriorating to a “third-rate state”.
“Anwar can win (enough seats to be PM), provided there’s a turnout of at least 80% everywhere,” he said.
Jelutong candidate RSN Rayer poured scorn on MIC for bringing former prime minister Najib Razak to the Batu Caves temple, despite Najib being convicted of graft.
The venue for the campaign finale last night was a partly sheltered basketball court at Karpal Singh Drive – a departure from the usual Han Chiang School grounds, after the school was concerned over rainy weather and damage to the field, a DAP party worker said.
The Han Chiang venue had been an emblematic venue for a political rally finale since the DAP swept into power in Penang in 2008. - FMT
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