Malay parties unite in Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan in test of Anwar’s fragile alliance

About this episode

The episode discusses the political crisis in Negeri Sembilan following Barisan Nasional's move to form a new state administration with the opposition, testing Anwar Ibrahim's coalition government.

Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan state was pushed deeper into crisis after Barisan Nasional (BN), a key ally in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s coalition government, declared it had secured a simple majority to form a new state administration with the opposition. The move turns an extraordinary palace dispute into the sharpest state-level test yet of Anwar’s fragile ruling alliance, ahead of a national poll due in less than two years. BN, the former ruling coalition led by Umno that ruled Malaysia for...

Topics covered

• politics
• Malaysia
• coalition government
• state administration
• elections

Keywords

• Negeri Sembilan
• Anwar Ibrahim
• Barisan Nasional
• coalition
• political crisis
• Malaysia
• Umno

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barisan Nasional, Umno

Places: Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan

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