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COMMENT | Fear of vote-splitting: Torn between stale Madani and new Bersama
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COMMENT | “Hey, you cannot vote for Bersama la, it will split votes for Pakatan Harapan and allow PAS to win.” This is the most common point I hear, especially from non-Malays.

But what if those votes are already gone? Then, there’s no “banana split” left to eat anyway, right?

I wish Harapan would instead have the confidence to say, “Choose our cuisine because it’s more delicious”, rather than the lame sales pitch of, “Ya, we know our dishes are rather stale, but you must still eat them, otherwise the Big Bad Wolf will eat you up.”

Such scare tactics are not very appetising. It’s similar to what Umno used to imply before: you’d better vote for us, or else there could be ”trouble”.

Targeting disillusioned supporters

I stood in the rain and trudged through muddy fields to attend Harapan rallies. The crowds there were excited by the hope of real change.

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