Malaysia will head to the polls on November 19, officials said Thursday, after the prime minister called for a snap election to restore political stability.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia —
The “election date is November 19”, Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh said at a press conference. Others in the fray include a host of Malay-based parties, including Pejuang which is led by Mahathir, who has said he will be available to become prime minister for the third time. Then-prime minister Najib Razak, embroiled in the scandal involving billions of dollars allegedly pilfered from the sovereign wealth fund, was ousted, charged with corruption and convicted after a lengthy trial.
But while it has the political machinery, the party remains tainted with the 1MDB corruption scandal. The 1MDB scandal triggered investigations in the United States, Switzerland and Singapore, whose financial systems were believed to have been used to launder the money, and battered Malaysia’s global image.
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