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Opinion 6 years ago
The Slim by-election: Mahathir’s last battle?
On Aug. 29, the residents of Slim, a small, rural and Malay-majority state seat will vote in a by-election. While the constituency is not usually on most people’s radar, this time around, strategists and analysts will be eagerly scrutinizing the results of the contest.
Opinion 6 years ago
Mahathir, the unlikely savior of graft defendant Najib
Whatever the verdict on Monday, Najib may feel relieved knowing that the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), the party he once led, is growing stronger and looks set to regain the power it lost in 2018 — ironically thanks to the squabbling within the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, which ended the UMNO-led ruling coalition’s 60-year stranglehold of Malaysian politics.
SE Asia 6 years ago
Mahathir says opposition lacks votes to oust Muhyiddin
Mahathir abruptly resigned last month amid bickering within the Pakatan Harapn coalition, leading to the collapse of the reformist government less than two years after a stunning election win against a bloc that had ruled Malaysia for about six decades. Muhyiddin, who has long served at his side, emerged as the new premier backed by a bloc including key political parties that lost power in 2018 -- a move Mahathir called a betrayal.
Opinion 6 years ago
PREMIUM
Malaysia: Authoritarian again?
Just recently we witnessed a change of government in Malaysia. It did not happen through elections but because a relatively small group of parliament members crossed the floor from the government camp to the opposition camp so that the latter had a majority in the Dewan Rakyat, the national parliament of Malaysia.
SE Asia 6 years ago
Malaysian machinations: How Southeast Asia's veteran leader lost the plot
The political machinations that led to Mahathir's resignation were started several months ago with his knowledge, the aim being to block his former deputy and rival-turned-ally Anwar Ibrahim from taking power, more than a dozen sources told Reuters.
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