The Malaysian High Court’s decision to drop corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid could prove problematic for his boss Anwar Ibrahim and complicate the rejuvenation of the UMNO party, says CNA’s Leslie Lopez.
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Mr Anwar has made it no secret in his private sessions with close aides that he is grateful to Mr Ahmad Zahid for throwing UMNO’s support behind the PH coalition that helped him secure the premiership, but his associates insist that there was“It is fair to say that the optics from all of this is not good for Anwar and the government. We need to ride this out,” said a senior businessman, who has been a part of the premier’s inner circle for the past three decades.
. The party and its allies in the Barisan Nasional coalition only secured 30 parliamentary seats in the last election.PH coalition a simple majority
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