00:00The unity in the negative campaign against UMNO and its candidate shows that it has run out of ideas for a small city council.
00:10Thus, said a political analysis to FMT after Hussein Syed Abdulla from Barisan Nasional won with a majority of 20,648 votes last night,
00:20while Haizan Ja'far from Bersatu only won 7,614 votes.
00:26Analyst Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid said that the unity in the negative campaign against UMNO did not attract voters.
00:33He also said that Nasional, especially Bersatu, did not offer any major candidates during the campaign.
00:41Among the negative attacks is the claim that Hussein Syed has a criminal record and attempted to frame UMNO leader Azhar Qasri with the possibility of spreading communism.
00:52Analyst Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani said that Bersatu took a way out to revive the UMNO book from the 90s by portraying its competitive character.
01:03He said that the party must offer more to voters than just religious rhetoric and the people.