{"id":16268,"date":"2023-02-06T20:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16268"},"modified":"2023-02-06T20:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T12:08:07","slug":"not-true-that-ph-lacks-malay-support-anwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16268","title":{"rendered":"Not true that PH lacks Malay support &#8211; Anwar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PETALING JAYA, Feb 6<\/strong> &#8212; Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Anwar Ibrahim has rubbished claims that the\u00a0coalition received only 19 per cent of Malay votes in the 15th\u00a0General Election (GE15) and thus lacked Malay support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anwar, who is the prime minister, said a preliminary analysis of the\u00a0polls results showed that PH received the support of 31 per cent of Malay voters overall, and the data would be updated in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-06-at-8.07.06-PM-1024x555.png\" alt=\"malay support\" class=\"wp-image-16269\" width=\"463\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-06-at-8.07.06-PM-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-06-at-8.07.06-PM-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-06-at-8.07.06-PM-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-06-at-8.07.06-PM-184x100.png 184w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-06-at-8.07.06-PM-350x190.png 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-06-at-8.07.06-PM-800x434.png 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-06-at-8.07.06-PM.png 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>He said if&nbsp;PH received only 19 per cent Malay support as claimed, it would not have won 82 parliamentary seats in GE15 last November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOf course there were areas with low (Malay) support, especially in&nbsp;Kelantan and&nbsp;Terengganu, but in&nbsp;other places we received more than 50 per cent Malay votes, like in&nbsp;Selangor, Penang, Federal Territory (KL) and Negeri Sembilan,\u201d he told a press conference at the&nbsp;PKR headquarters here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=2162184\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETALING JAYA, Feb 6 &#8212; 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