Rantau defeat: Harapan failed to see bread and butter trump big issues

The Pakatan Harapan government's emphasis on big issues over bread and butter matter contributed to the ruling coalition's series of by-election defeats, the recent being in Rantau.

This is according to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia's political analyst Mazlan Ali who stressed that ultimately, people's main concerns were about their survival rather than big issues or reforms...