SINGAPORE: The extent of grounds made by the opposition at Malaysia’s state elections means Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will have to step up his charm offensive in winning back the Malay vote, while also defending more tightly against potential defections within his ruling coalition, say analysts. While
SINGAPORE: The extent of grounds made by the opposition at Malaysia’s state elections means Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will have to step up his charm offensive in winning back the Malay vote, while also defending more tightly against potential defections within his ruling coalition, say analysts.
While the PN lived up to expectations by making further inroads in the six state polls on Saturday , the extent of its victories caught some by surprise. PN will use ethno-religious controversies to instigate a United Malays National Organisation challenge against PH, while PH’s Democratic Action Party will not tolerate the government pandering excessively to pro-Malay sentiment, he said.
“When the UMNO base is forced to choose between a multiethnic coalition and a monoethnic coalition, they choose the latter,” said Dr Wong. Professor James Chin from the University of Tasmania said Muhyiddin could also make the “smart move” of getting someone in UMNO to overthrow party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who’s also deputy prime minister, and in turn weaken PH-BN with an exit.
The UMNO chief had then conducted what was described as a purge of the party, getting rid of figures whom he felt were threats to his authority. The political observer said the polling results, where DAP emerged as the largest party in Penang, Negeri Sembilan and Selangor, showed Mr Anwar that DAP is a more important partner than UMNO.
Dr Awang Azmi believes that Malay voters supported PN as they wanted to signal to the unity government their worries about their lower socioeconomic status. On the other hand, Prof Chin said he does not see how Mr Anwar could strike a balance, highlighting a number of pro-Islamic policies he is already pushing for.
“But they cannot stop the change, because Anwar will say: ‘If you want me to survive as a prime minister, if you want it to be a Pakatan government, you have to swallow this,’” Prof Chin said, referring to concessions made by minority-based parties to remain part of the ruling coalition.The analysts said Mr Anwar could also reshuffle his Cabinet in a bid to shore up Malay support, by bringing in people from a non-political background to create a “wow factor” and please the middle-class.
“UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi will be under pressure to step down, but the deputy prime minister will be defiant as long as he remains in Anwar’s Cabinet,” he said.
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