year in an internal coup that brought down the reformist coalition he was then part of, leaving bitterfeelings in malaysian politics given the deep split in his former party, which has been a central part of his governing coalition, and given the herculean task facing any malaysian government in addressing the fast growing covid epidemic. now the horse trading begins to choose mr muhyiddin s successor, and many malaysians fear that that will inevitably involve concessions to or compromises with some of those facing charges for the alleged involvement in the great 1mdb financial scandal, a scandal that the malaysian public by and large wants to see justice in. what about, though, opposition leader anwar ibrahim, a man who s been campaigning for the top job for more than 20 years, who spent two terms in prison in part because of his efforts? he s often claimed that he s got the numbers to form an alternative administration,
now the horse trading begins to choose mr muhyiddin s successor, and many malaysians fear that that will inevitably involve concessions to or compromises with some of those facing charges for the alleged involvement in the great 1mdb financial scandal, a scandal that the malaysian public by and large wants to see justice in. what about, though, opposition leader anwar ibrahim, a man who s been campaigning for the top job for more than 20 years, who spent two terms in prison in part because of his efforts? he s often claimed that he s got the numbers to form an alternative administration, but in truth, in part because of his divisive personality and the fact that he s in coalition with the mainly ethnic chinese democratic action party, he s unlikely to get the number of mps needed to form a government. and then, there s the great survivor of malaysian politics, 96 year old doctor mahathir mohamad. he s been pushing for a kind of
of the book imagining afghanistan, i of the book imagining afghanistan, thank you so much forjoining us. protestors have attacked the home of lebanon s prime minister designate, najib mikati, calling for his resignation. he said he made enemies by pursuing corruption charges against some politicians. he s also faced criticism by failing to control the latest surgeon coronavirus cases. jonathan head has the latest. many would argue that it s remarkable that prime minister muhyiddin yassin lasted even this long, given the dubious way in which he got the job last year in an internal coup that brought down the reformist coalition he was then part of, leaving bitterfeelings in malaysian politics given the deep split in his former party, which has been a central part of his governing coalition, and given the herculean task facing any malaysian government in addressing the fast growing covid epidemic. now the horse trading begins to choose mr muhyiddin s successor,