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One Month In, Malaysia Off to a Shaky Start

Frightened of the Islamists, majority wants this government to work

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John Berthelsen
Dec 19, 2022
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s shaky new ruling coalition government will have been in power for a month today but, according to political analysts in Kuala Lumpur, looks likely to stay there at least in the medium term despite its minority status because, in the words of one observer, “everybody’s scared shitless of PAS and Muhyiddin.”

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