KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Political analysts can’t agree if the prospect of the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) joining Pakatan Harapan (PH) is all but over after the...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Political analysts can’t agree if the prospect of the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance joining Pakatan Harapan is all but over after the nascent party said it would contest in the state elections alone, a move that could pit the two supposed allies against each other.Yet pundits generally agreed that Muda is a potential wild card.
Muda’s decision to go solo in the six state elections was mostly borne out of frustration with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim whose coalition has been slow to respond to Muda’s request to formally join PH, according to its president and Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman. Their close ties have fuelled allegations that Muda could be a “Trojan horse” even if the accusations have been mostly unsubstantiated.
Still, Muda’s detractors argue that much of that support came from either PH supporters or neutral voters sympathetic to the coalition. Just how far Muda leaders would be willing to draw blood should it go against PH in the polls remains to be seen but the party’s leaders have always claimed to uphold “new politics”, which opposes personal attacks and character tainting.
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