Pakatan Harapan has set a difficult, if not impossible, task for Amanah in this coming election - to defeat PAS in Kelantan and Terengganu.

Kelantan is a PAS stronghold which the party has held almost single-handedly since 1990.

Meanwhile in Terengganu, the Islamist party could have regained the state on its own in 2013 had it captured three more seats from Umno.

PAS is also one of, if not the largest, opposition parties in Malaysia while Amanah, whose leaders were purged from the Islamist party in 2015, has struggled to gain momentum.

"The odds are against us (Amanah), but we are the best party to mount a meaningful challenge against PAS," Amanah strategic director Dzulkefly Ahmad told Malaysiakini.

"It is a difficult task, but not an impossible task, and Amanah could stage an upset against PAS," he added.

That Amanah is the most logical choice to spearhead Harapan's campaign in Kelantan and Terengganu was a sentiment shared by the party's coalition partners.

However, Amanah is in for a tough fight...