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Malaysian PM Anwar faces daunting task of uniting rivals with Cabinet picks

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (centre) leaves Putra Mosque after prayers in Putrajaya, on Nov 25, 2022.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (centre) leaves Putra Mosque after prayers in Putrajaya, on Nov 25, 2022.

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- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will technically have full discretion to pick a Cabinet for the first time, but the extraordinary circumstances which led to Malaysia’s multi-coalition government mean the decision will be fraught with potential landmines.

The Pakatan Harapan (PH) chief was sworn in on Thursday despite his coalition

failing to win a simple parliamentary majority

following last Saturday’s fractious general election.

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