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Author Teik, Khoo Boo

Title Malay Politics Parlous Condition, Continuing Problems
Published Singapore : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (27 p.)
Contents Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PARLOUS CONDITION OF MALAY POLITICS -- CONTINUING PROBLEMS -- THE END OF AN ORDER, THE APPEARANCE OF A DISORDER
Summary In late February 2020, the Mahathir Mohamad-led Pakatan Harapan (Harapan, or Pact of Hope) government ended abruptly. Amidst ensuing confusion, Muhyiddin Yassin led defecting Harapan Members of Parliament, joined by UMNO and PAS, in an ad hoc Perikatan Nasional (PN, or National Alliance) coalition to form a ""backdoor government"".The PN protagonists cast themselves as a ""Malay-Muslim front"" for preserving Malay dominance. Yet they unwittingly exposed the parlous state of their ""Malay politics"", as shown by an absence of ""Malay unity"", strongly contested claims to represent the Malays, i
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Malays (Asian people) -- Malaysia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Politics and government
Malays (Asian people) -- Politics and government
SUBJECT Malaysia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Subject Malaysia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789814951302
9814951307