PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli said he was glad the netizens were honest in their critiques of the three proposed Pakatan Harapan logo designs.

"I felt strongly that it should be put out there so that the (Harapan) leaders can see the comments and so on. But don't worry, it was not my design.

"I'm quite glad the netizens were honest. I don't know how the other leaders will react, whether they will just continue or maybe they will think about this first," Rafizi told reporters in Sungai Besi today.

Harapan is seeking to register the coalition with the Registrar of Societies, so it can contest under one banner in the forthcoming general election.

Rafizi had uploaded the three possible logos in a Facebook posting earlier today, asking netizens to vote on which design they preferred.

All three logos quickly received brickbats from netizens, including local artists.

Internationally-recognised Sabah artist Yee I-Lann had it a "matter of national emergency" and said political parties should be trained on how to use graphic design.

"Harapan, your new logo proposal gets an 'F'. Has anyone got the time to do a proper breakdown analysis to tell them why their design sucks rotten eggs? I ask in all seriousness; so fail (sic)," she said on Facebook.

New designs unlikely

Rafizi said he was adamant on putting up the three shortlisted designs on Facebook to test it out on social media first because he believes design is a matter of taste.

"I don't think politicians should pick design, because design is a matter of taste and different people have different taste, so we should get as much feedback as possible," he said.

Some netizens had also proposed that the coalition run a contest to come up with a better logo.

Rafizi said it is unlikely that there will be a contest, as the three designs were already the ones shortlisted by the secretariat and sent to the presidential council.

They need to finalise the logo soon as they intend to register the coalition within the next two weeks, he said.

"Chances are it will go back to whatever was shortlisted," he said.