Rafizi Ramli did not split Pakatan Harapan’s votes. The truth is far uglier: Anwar Ibrahim had already destroyed PH’s support base long before Parti Bersama Malaysia was even conceived.
Look at the cold, hard evidence:
On 7 July 2024 in Sungai Bakap, Chinese voter turnout collapsed by 43% and Indian turnout by 52%. Shockingly, even 10% of Chinese voters went to PN. By 26 April 2025 in Ayer Kuning, PSM captured an estimated 32% of the Indian vote while PAS took another 7.5%. Non-Malay turnout cratered — Chinese down 23%, Indians down 28%. Then on 29 November 2025, DAP failed to win a single Chinese-majority seat. Their Chinese support plunged from 78% to a humiliating 27%.
Fast forward to 5 May 2026: PKR’s own internal survey, leaked from Nurul Izzah and Amiruddin Shaari’s team, revealed only 7 safe seats out of 66 nationwide — including Anwar’s own Tambun seat now hanging by a thread. On 8 May 2026, even Singapore’s Straits Times reported DAP’s internal assessment: PH would suffer massive losses in Penang, winning just 23 out of 40 state seats.
So instead of shamelessly scapegoating Rafizi, PH leaders should answer the real question: Why did PH’s core supporters — especially non-Malays — abandon them years before Parti Bersama existed?
Anwar Ibrahim no longer behaves like a Prime Minister for all Malaysians. He has transformed into Malaysia’s special ambassador to the Middle East, desperately chasing “walaun” votes at all costs. The result? Yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendong berkeciciran. He has stripped everything from the progressive voters who put him in power, only to lavish rewards on those who once cursed him with qunut nazilah.
This is the ultimate betrayal. Anwar rode to victory on progressive ideals, then morphed into an ultra-conservative supreme leader. He has abandoned every principle that got him there. Even without Rafizi’s new party, the votes were already gone. Many non-Malay voters would rather stay home than support PH. Others are prepared to vote BN or even PN out of sheer disgust.
Yet the pathetic PH bootlickers still peddle the same tired script: “If not Anwar, then who?” “Vote for the lesser evil.” “PAS will take over!”
How long must we endure this emotional blackmail? Anwar is already 78. He is not immortal. Instead of asking “if not Anwar, then who?”, the real question is: Who is the next leader after Anwar? Stop scaring people with the PAS bogeyman when Anwar himself is busy doing PAS’s dance.
Voters should not be forced to choose between lesser evil and greater evil. Evil is still evil. This constant ransoming of votes through fear only deepens the anger and alienation.
In reality, Malaysians should thank Rafizi Ramli. At least now there is a genuine alternative. At least now disillusioned voters have a reason to come out and vote instead of spoiling their ballots or defecting to the other side.
Let’s be brutally honest: Much of this chaos is Anwar’s own creation. He systematically dismantled his own party — removing Rafizi, decapitating hundreds of PKR divisions (leaving only heads without bodies) — all to install his daughter Nurul Izzah as deputy. Did he really think there would be no consequences?
If Anwar, DAP, and PH had performed, delivered, and honoured their promises, they wouldn’t need to fear Rafizi’s new force. A strong government does not panic when a new party emerges. The fact that they are hysterical proves one thing: they know they have failed. They have scammed, betrayed, and stabbed their own supporters in the chest — repeatedly.
But instead of introspection and reform, their default response remains the same: Semua salah Rafizi.
How predictable. How pathetic.
