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Chin Tong: A different K'tan, had Nik Omar joined earlier

INTERVIEW | In the 14th general election and the defections that followed, the Pakatan Harapan coalition was able to make significant inroads against BN.

In addition to wresting federal power, it managed to take over the state governments of Kedah, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Johor, and Sabah.

In the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu however, the coalition that was so successful elsewhere around the country was completely wiped out. It won none of the 22 parliamentary and 77 state seats contested in the two states.

In an interview on Tuesday last week, DAP national political education director Liew Chin Tong admitted that making inroads into Terengganu would have been difficult because support for PAS there had remained strong, but he had expected Harapan to have a chance at winning control over Kelantan.

He said the situation may have been different if the late PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat’s son, Nik Omar, had joined Amanah a year earlier than he did.

“I feel that if Nik Omar joined a year earlier, the outcome may have been different. Nik Omar has been a black swan before the election. During the election, he could have had a major impact on PAS supporters on the East Coast, in swaying them over to Harapan's side.

“But Nik Omar came in too late,” Liew said...

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