Drama Shows ‘New Malaysia’ is More About Power Than Policy

The Straits Times

26 September 2020

This week, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim claimed to have a “convincing” majority to unseat Mr Muhyiddin and vowed to prove the numbers in a meeting with Malaysia’s monarch that has yet to be scheduled. It is still unclear whether that will lead to another change in leadership or a fresh election. “It’s the most fluid period in Malaysian politics ever – the party allegiances have become very, very shaky,” said Dr Johan Saravanamuttu, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the RSIS. “It’s just to be in power. Whether the whole idea of reform politics is the direction being taken is not entirely clear to me. Idealism is out of the window.”

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