'Harapan seat division based on compromise, not party interests'

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today that Pakatan Harapan's seat allocation formula for the 14th national polls was based on compromise between component parties.

"The seats allocation showed the we, the component parties, were willing to negotiate and compromise.

"We decided on the formula not for our own party interests, but based on the people's interests," Lim told reporters in Komtar, Penang.

It was announced at Last Sunday’s Harapan convention that Bersatu will contest 52 out of the 165 parliamentary seats in Peninsular Malaysia, followed by 51 seats for PKR, 35 for DAP 35 and 27 for Amanah...