Umno defectors not ‘traitors’, but returning Harapan’s mandate

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has maintained that the Umno defectors who inadvertently triggered the upcoming Malacca state election are not “traitors”.

Instead, he said, they were only attempting to return the rakyat’s mandate to Pakatan Harapan, who had won the state in the last general election.

“When we say traitors, who did they betray?…