Research firm: Harapan risks losing popularity

Fitch Solutions Macro Research has predicted a drop in Pakatan Harapan's popularity in the coming months, due to, among others, its policies and infighting within the coalition.

The research firm noted that while the dissolution of Harapan is not the study's core view, the risk of that happening is rising.

"Our view at Fitch Solutions is that Harapan runs the risk of a drop in its popularity for three reasons - first, the electorate may increasingly take the view that the government is not helping to reduce the living costs.

"Second, the coalition's repeated public displays of disunity; and third, the electorate's disillusionment with the idea that the Harapan government will usher in a ‘New Malaysia’ with a greater degree of racial equality," said the firm in a statement.