‘Shaky’ Pakatan will fall before GE15

Umno ac ng president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the “shaky” Pakatan Harapan (PH) government will fall before the 15th general elec on.

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno acting president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the “shaky” Pakatan Harapan (PH) government will fall before the 15th general election.

The former deputy prime minister said that he would work towards ensuring that the defections happen, while boasting that Umno would stand to benefit from a split PH.

“I will do what is best for Umno so we can form the government again. The formation of the government need not wait until the next general election. InshaAllah (God's willing), the other side (PH government) will be shaky, splitting here and there,” he told reporters at a Hari Raya event organised by the Federal Territories Umno yesterday.

“Anyone who breaks off (with PH) will come to Umno, the biggest party with the most number of lawmakers.”

Zahid, who took over as acting president after Datuk Seri Najib Razak vacated the post, is among the main contenders for the top post in the coming internal polls.

He has vowed to rebuild the party after it suffered a shock defeat at the hands of a loosely-tied coalition led by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the May 9 elections.

The former deputy prime minister had recently claimed that voter sentiment has shifted against PH just weeks after it took federal power, citing alleged discontent at the new government's failure to make the prices of basic goods drop.

“They want to implement the zero-rating Goods and Services Tax (GST) and said in some states, the prices have dropped 30 per cent to 50 per cent,” he said.

“The prices either went up or remained the same,” he added.