00:00A political analyst has cautioned that a proposal by Melaka Pakatan Harapan Chairman Adli Zahari
00:06to include appointed assemblymen as part of a cooperation formula for the state polls to come
00:12will be a hard sell to Barisan Nasional.
00:15Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad Sabri of Global Asia Consulting said the idea appeared to be more of a political lifeline
00:23for PH
00:23which is still struggling to regain voter support in Melaka.
00:27He said BN was under no pressure to accept the proposal as its previous electoral victories demonstrated it could stand
00:35on its own.
00:36Meanwhile, Afifi Abdul Razak of University Utara, Malaysia described the proposal for appointed assemblymen
00:42as a goodwill gesture in early negotiations rather than a final solution given BN's strong position in Melaka.
00:50He said the allocation of appointed assemblyman posts was not the main issue complicating BN-PH cooperation in Melaka
00:58rather it was the presence of DAP.
01:00He said any PH-BN cooperation in the Melaka polls would be used as campaign fodder by PN to portray
01:08UMNO as a DAP puppet.
01:11Natasha Bust, FMT.
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