INTERVIEW | A realistic benchmark for Pakatan Harapan in the next general election would be to win about 80 parliamentary seats, PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli said.

Rafizi, 44 - who is making a return to active politics - said Harapan needs to start doubling down on appealing to voters immediately in order to avoid massive casualties in the 15th general election (GE15).

He pointed to Harapan’s bad performance in the Johor snap polls and warned that the opposition coalition is in trouble as Johor is a “microcosm of Malaysia as a whole”.

“The best I hope for realistically now is to make sure Harapan stays intact as the largest opposition bloc in Parliament after the next general election.

“What we don’t want is...