The Rantau by-election in Negeri Sembilan scheduled for April 13 stemmed from the election petition filed by Pakatan Harapan candidate Dr S Streram after he was prevented from filing his nomination papers during the last general election.

The question is whether the coalition would field him again, especially in the wake of two successive by-election defeats in Cameron Highlands and Semenyih, which witnessed a swing in Malay support for the BN candidates...