Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) victories in the Pulai and Simpang Jeram by-elections prove that the people are tired of Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) threats of toppling the unity government, said DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim congratulated Pakatan Harapan candidates Suhaizan Kayat and Nazri Abdul Rahman for winning and retaining the Pulai parliamentary and Simpang Jeram state seats for the coalition in yesterday’s by-elections.
Pakatan Harapan’s victories in the Pulai and Simpang Jeram by-elections signal the growing acceptance of the PH-Barisan Nasional unity government among Johor voters, say political analysts.
Police have not received any reports regarding media practitioners, including two female reporters, who were allegedly harassed by a minister’s bodyguard while covering the by-elections in Johor on Tuesday.