State elections in Malaysia present the first test of Anwar government
- Written by Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation; Scholar -In-Residence Asia Society Australia, Deakin University
Malaysians go to the polls again on August 12. Six of the 13 states in the Malaysian Federation are holding elections.
The states have relatively little power in Malaysian politics, as state assemblies have limited authority and short sittings. But precisely because the past five years of federal politics in Malaysia have seen unprecedented...
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