Two major opposition parties in Malaysia forge a political alliance to consolidate support from the country's majority ethnic Malay Muslims, a move that could threaten Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's government in the next general elections.
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, president of UMNO , center left, and Abdul Hadi Awang, president of PAS , center right, pose for media after a press conference for an event of officially join alliance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. Two major opposition parties in Malaysia have forged a political alliance to consolidate support from the country's majority ethnic Malay Muslims, a move that could threaten Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's government in the next general elections.
The linchpin of the National Front, the United Malays National Organization, and its former enemy, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, said inked a pact Saturday that they say will unite Malay Muslims. The two parties secured 75% of Malay votes in the last election but that didn’t translate into a majority of seats in part because they fielded competing candidates for many seats and spit the Malay vote.
The defeat of the UMNO-led National Front was attributed to anger over a massive corruption scandal involving former Prime Minister Najib Razak. Najib is currently on trial after being charged with multiple counts of corruption linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.
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