12-28-2022, 10:13 AM
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Outside of Anwar Ibrahim and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the collaboration between Barisan Nasional (BN), primarily Umno, and Pakatan Harapan took everyone by surprise. Few pundits could have imagined such a possibility until well after the recent general election.
Politically, such a coalition was an impossibility. All sides had painted themselves into a corner.
Both Umno and PH saw each other as mortal enemies. The Umno rank and file was convinced by Zahid that there would be “No Anwar, no DAP”, while PH went all out to paint Zahid as the leader of the evil “court cluster”, who should never be allowed to govern.
It took a royal intervention to make it happen, with many now calling the unity government “Kerajaan YDPA” (Yang di-Pertuan Agong).
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