Anwar dismisses the rift as a distraction, but his former lieutenant insists he is being targeted for questioning the government’s integrity
Malaysia must hold its next general election by February 2028, but with both the governing coalition and the opposition facing internal power struggles, swathes of the electorate remain unconvinced by either side’s case to govern.
The defeat prompted him to quit the cabinet, saying it meant he no longer “had the mandate to push reforms within the government”.
Since then, he has positioned himself as the conscience of the Reformasi: the loose pro-democracy movement born out of street protests after Anwar was sacked and jailed in the late 1990s.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
