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Two years ahead of next polls, Malaysia’s opposition seeks to settle leadership line-up
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Parliamentary opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin (above) is more widely perceived as a backroom operator, leaving former premier Muhyiddin Yassin as the more recognised prime minister candidate for Malaysia's Perikatan Nasional coalition.
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SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR - After the post-election year of 2023 in which Perikatan Nasional (PN) threatened, but failed, to topple Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s loose multi-coalition alliance, Malaysia’s opposition coalition is now grappling with succession planning ahead of the next national polls due by early 2028 but widely expected to take place a year earlier.
As Datuk Seri Anwar enters the mid-term period
