“Non-Malay voters are more pragmatic than Malay voters,” he said during a press conference at Bersatu’s general assembly today.

Wan Fayhsal added that for non-Malay voters, it was more important that the government deliver on issues related to their livelihoods and the economy.

The Machang MP said it was not impossible that Pakatan Harapan’s traditional support base, particularly Chinese voters, would consider supporting Perikatan Nasional if the government failed to perform.

“After all, what good is rhetoric if you cannot deliver?” he said.

A recent survey of 1,220 voters across all races by research house Merdeka Center found that Anwar’s approval rating had dropped to 50% from 68% last December.

The survey also found that dissatisfaction over the state of the economy had risen to 43% from 19%.

Meanwhile, Wan Fayhsal said Bersatu respected the Court of Appeal’s ruling that the use of Mandarin or Tamil at vernacular schools is constitutional.

However, he said the party wanted vernacular schools to be “infused with more national elements”.

He claimed some vernacular schools used a syllabus imported from Taiwan or China, saying this did not highlight the importance of national unity and nation-building in Malaysia.

“So if vernacular school proponents could meet the demands and expectations of people like us, I think we could agree they can exist.”

Earlier today, the Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed an appeal by four Malay-Muslim interest groups seeking to declare the use of Mandarin or Tamil at vernacular schools as illegal under the Federal Constitution.

Justice Azizul Azmi Adnan said vernacular schools had long been recognised in the legislative framework of the education system, even before Malaya’s independence and the formation of the 1957 constitution.

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