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Malaysia GE2022: Zahid’s divisive line-up could backfire on BN’s election prospects
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Umno president Zahid Hamidi’s line-up of election candidates for the BN coalition which he chairs was controversial.
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KUALA LUMPUR - It did not take long for Malaysia’s caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s warnings of internal sabotage in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Umno president Zahid Hamidi’s line-up of election candidates on Tuesday for the BN coalition which he chairs was controversial, and that’s putting it mildly.
