Opposition pulls off shock victory at Malaysia GE14

[MrsKiasu]

starlight1968sg:

MrsKiasu:

Mahathir? as the party led by him has won.

Am surprised!

I read from the channelnewsasia..hope I read the correct article arh

[starlight1968sg]

MrsKiasu

I think u r correct

[ngl2010]

It is the front page of ST

[floppy]

KUALA LUMPUR: In a stunning result that made political history, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition crossed the minimum threshold of 112 seats needed to form Malaysia's new government, according to figures from the Election Commission early Thursday (May 10) morning.


The result brings to an end the rule of Barisan Nasional (BN), which has dominated Malaysian politics for decades.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-election-pakatan-harapan-opposition-shock-victory-ge14-10219070

[floppy]

MrsKiasu:

Mahathir? as the party led by him has won.

Technically, the party led by him didn’t win. The coalition led by him won.

Big difference.

Any constituent member (i.e. a party) of the coalition can leave to join another coalition without losing seats. It’s within the realm of possibility (although extremely unlikely) that UMNO can kick out Najib, invite Mahathir and his party (Bersatu) to join the BN coalition and form the next next government together.

[MrsKiasu]

floppy:

MrsKiasu:

Mahathir? as the party led by him has won.

Technically, the party led by him didn’t win. The coalition led by him won.

Big difference.

Any constituent member (i.e. a party) of the coalition can leave to join another coalition without losing seats. It’s within the realm of possibility (although extremely unlikely) that UMNO can kick out Najib, invite Mahathir and his party (Bersatu) to join the BN coalition and form the next next government together.

oic, thanks for the clarification..went to read again, yup..'An alliance of opposition parties spearheaded by Mahathir Mohamad won Malaysia's general election'

[lego]

凡事都要适可而止

狗急会跳墙的

[starlight1968sg]

Too complex for me to understand

[lego]

Dh spoke to a malaysian friend before the election, seems like his friend’s prediction is quite right.

[thsheng99]

http://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/pakatan-wins-it-public-holiday-for-thursday-friday/ar-AAx1WXq?li=AAaGkVj&ocid=ientp


Understood that the 1MDB, GST, FT influx are some of the issues what Malaysian voted overwhelming for the opposition. Just wondering would this ever happen to Singapore since we have our own share of divisive issues. Not taking any stand in this issue but just listing issues that were hot discussion topics that potentially divided the nation.

-Pending GST hike
- Water price hike
- Carpark, electricity, S&C increaser
- Oxley Saga
- Indian President election
- Perennial Foreign \"Talent\" influx
- NSF deaths
- Teachers Parking
- CHC saga
- AHTC
- PMET jobless
- MRT breakdown