When one politician brandishes written pledges of support from a majority of lawmakers, stable government beckons. Two politicians brandishing the same is a promise of chaos
politician brandishes written pledges of support from a majority of lawmakers, stable government beckons. Two politicians brandishing the same is a promise of chaos. And that is what Malaysia is experiencing afterThe vote has completed the country’s decade-long transformation from restless one-party state to a fractured political mess, in which no party is close to winning a parliamentary majority.
Even without producing a winner, voters have wrought a dramatic shift. The United Malays National Organisation , which governed the country from 1957 until 2018, stands on the edge of electoral oblivion. Five years ago an-led coalition had 60% of seats in Malaysia’s parliament. It has since suffered a terrible run of scandals. In August Najib Razak, a former prime minister, was
on corruption charges related to a staggering $4.5bn heist of public funds. The party’s deeply unpopular president, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, is facing charges of corruption and money-laundering .Several political giants fell victim to the backlash. Mahathir Mohamad, the 97-year-old who has served twice as Malaysia’s prime minister, once forand once for the reform-minded Pakatan Harapan coalition, lost his seat in Langkawi.
Two 75-year-old political veterans are vying to muster the 111 seats needed for a majority. They are Anwar Ibrahim, president of, which has 82 seats, and Muhyiddin Yassin, whose Perikatan Nasional alliance won 73 seats and whose 17-month stint as prime minister ended unmourned in 2021. A slew of local parties on the island of Borneo look set to support Mr Muhyiddin.
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