Shadow of 2020 PH government collapse hangs over Malaysian PM Anwar

Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim signing a document as he clocks in to the Prime Minister office on his first day holding the premier position at Putrajaya, Malaysia November 25, 2022. Malaysian Department of Information/Wazari Wazir/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT

Deja vu or not, the lessons from recent history would inform the moves of Malaysia's new Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

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KUALA LUMPUR - The shadow of Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration’s collapse in 2020 hangs over

newly installed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim

as he contends with the same race-based opposition narrative former premier Mahathir Mohamad struggled with in 2018.

Datuk Seri Anwar now leads a government that represents a minority of votes of the country’s Malay-Muslim majority, and faces a largely Malay-Muslim opposition that has trumped up his PH coalition’s so-called anti-Islam agenda in an attempt to stir popular dissent.

Shadow of 2020 PH government collapse hangs over Malaysian PM Anwar

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