COMMENT PKR must tread carefully in seat-sharing negotiations with Snap which enters a decisive phase today when leaders of both parties come to grips on the issue, now that nomination and polling dates for the 10th Sarawak state elections have been fixed by the Election Commission.

It would help if PKR abandons the attitude that Snap are supplicants and not equal partners in talks that Snap insiders, talking on background, say are doomed to failure.

Contests in the polls scheduled for April 16 that would see PKR and Snap contending with BN candidates would bring glee to the latter as the splitting of votes for the opposition, especially in the 29 Dayak-majority seats, would enhance BN's prospects of winning them...

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