Naratif Politik ‘Khianat’ Dalam Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-15 (PRU15): Analisis 11 Kerusi Parlimen Panas

Abstract

Artikel ini berhujah bahawa Pilihan Raya Umum ke-15 (PRU15) yang diadakan pada November 2022 merupakan satu titik perubahan bagi Pakatan Harapan (PH) terutama sekali PKR untuk merampas kembali 11 kerusi ahli parlimen mereka yang telah berpaling tadah sewaktu ‘Langkah Sheraton’. Dihujahkan bahawa naratif khianat telah dibangkitkan sebagai satu strategi mobilisasi yang mampan dalam usaha untuk mengukuhkan semula identifikasi kepartian dalam konteks PH-PKR sebagai satu simbol untuk menggugat keberadaan rejim hibrid. Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk melihat sejauhmanakah PKR mengolah naratif politik khianat untuk mengukuhkan kedudukan kepartian mereka di dalam konteks PRU15. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif sebagai teknik untuk mengumpul, memperoleh, dan menganalisis data. Penulis juga berkesempatan untuk menjadikan kajian lapangan sebagai salah satu teknik untuk memperoleh data primer dengan mengunjungi beberapa kawasan Parlimen yang terpilih dan berkaitan dengan kajian penulis. Hasil kajian ini mendapati bahawa naratif politik yang dibangkitkan oleh PKR telah berjaya diolah dan hasilnya PKR berjaya merampas kembali beberapa buah kerusi tradisi mereka. Kajian ini mempersembahkan satu kerangka baharu di dalam konteks kajian pilihan raya dan politik Malaysia di mana ia dilihat sebagai satu platform yang berpotensi untuk dijadikan rujukan umum dan rujukan dasar.

Kata kunci: Kerusi panas; khianat; Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-15; Barisan Nasional; Pakatan Harapan

Abstract: This article argues that the 15th General Election (GE15) held in November 2022 is a turning point for Pakatan Harapan (PH) especially PKR to reclaim the 11 seats of their MPs who defected during the 'Sheraton Move'. It is argued that the narrative of treachery has been raised as a sustainable mobilization strategy re-establish party identification in the context of PH-PKR as a symbol to challenge the existence of the hybrid regime. The objective of this study is to see to what extent PKR cultivates a treacherous political narrative to strengthen its party's position in the context of GE15. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach as a technique to collect, acquire, and analyze data. The writer also had the opportunity to make field research one of the techniques to obtain primary data by visiting several selected parliamentary areas related to the writer's study. The findings of this study suggested that the political narrative raised by PKR has been successfully processed and as a result, PKR succeeded in recapturing some of their traditional seats. This study presents a new framework in the context of the study of Malaysian elections and politics where it is seen as a potential platform for general reference and policy reference.

Keywords: Hot seats; betrayal; 15th general election; Barisan Nasional; Pakatan Harapan

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