Bersatu will not be able to win in the 14th general election as its candidates are cash-strapped, said Umno's Padang Besar MP Zahidi Zainul Abidin.

Zahidi said candidates in such a situation would likely end up spending allocations for themselves, instead of spending the funds on voters.

"If the candidates have not had money for a long time, then Bersatu gives them an allocation, they would use it for themselves, instead of the kampung folk, who will end up losing," he said in an interview.

As such, Zahidi said, all candidates must, to some extent, have solid finances...