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Pakatan Harapan, Barisan Nasional walk political tightrope with electoral pact in Malaysia
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Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim (right), who leads the Pakatan Harapan coalition, and DPM Zahid Hamidi, who chairs Barisan Nasional, at a press conference in December.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Electoral cooperation between Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and its new ally Barisan Nasional (BN) in several state elections this year will see the two walking a political tightrope, as they attempt to win over Malay voters while not alienating the non-Malays.
Datuk Seri Anwar said on Tuesday that all parties in the government have agreed to work together in the state elections, and would start talks on seat negotiations soon.
