Longtime opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin each say they can form a government with support from other parties.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia’s political leaders scrambled on Sunday, November 20, to secure support from rivals a day afterand former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin each said they could form a government with support from other parties, whom they did not identify.
Saturday’s election saw the further decline of a force that dominated politics from independence in 1957 until 2018, as well as gains by an Islamist party that has called for sharia law. Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan coalition won 82 lower house seats, short of the 112 majority but slightly ahead of Muhyiddin Yassin’s alliance with 73.
“With Perikatan Nasional making inroads into UMNO’s vote bank, it shows that there are three legitimate coalitions in the future of Malaysian politics.”, 97 and Malaysia’s longest-serving premier, lost his seat in his first election defeat in 53 years. Muhyiddin said he had met with Sarawak’s state leader and was in discussions with other parties on forming a government.
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