Mas Ermieyati A Good Pick But Pn Still Won T Win Say Analysts

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Mas Ermieyati Samsudin speaking to a villager in Pengkalan Balak in the Tanjung Bidara constituency. (Bernama pic)AYER KEROH: Analysts see Perikatan Nasional’s decision to pick Mas Ermieyati Samsudin as Melaka chief-minister-designate as a futile move to change the coalition’s fate in tomorrow’s state election.
Oh Ei Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid of Universiti Sains Malaysia told FMT they believed PN would still lose despite what they considered as a good choice in the selection of Mas Ermieyati , the deputy law minister and a member of Bersatu.
They said some voters might relish the thought that they could play a part in the appointment of Malaysia’s first woman chief minister but their votes would not be enough to give PN its victory.
He said PN’s image might have improved if the announcement had been made much earlier.
”PN should have announced this much sooner as it might have helped the coalition gain votes among urban and semi-urban fence sitters,” he said. “It’s too late now.”
Fauzi said Mas Ermieyati was a good choice, considering her record as a deputy minister.
He said there was now more reason for voters in Tanjung Bidara to back her in the battle against Melaka Umno chief Ab Rauf Yusoh, who has been accused of being a puppet master in the previous administration.
Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid.“It might bring some votes from BN to PN,” he said. “Offering a woman presents a fresh choice for Melakans as a whole.
“This is by far PN’s best move as we approach the big day, although I don’t think it’ll be enough to prevent a PN defeat.”
PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin. announced the choice of Mas Ermieyati  yesterday. The other frontrunner was Melaka PN chief Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen.
PN’s opponents have criticised the coalition’s reluctance to name its candidates, with some speculating that it was because it was afraid that it might cause rifts in Bersatu. - FMT

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