Dream of an independent bloc gains ground despite the odds

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PETALING JAYA: Partyless politicians, activists, and prominent national figures could well shape the country’s future direction if an unlikely plan involving independent candidates in the next general election takes off.

However, political observers have doubts whether it will come to pass.

The plan for an independent bloc was cobbled together by a group of prominent people who feel the way forward would lie in like-minded independent MPs forming the majority in the Dewan Rakyat, leading to a government “of the people and for the people” rather than a party-controlled executive prone to patronage politics.

“The idea is gaining speed among certain circles, more so since there is this notion that people are sick of politicians and that results of the next elections could be favourable to independents since the ‘big three’ are likely to clash,” said one political observer in the know.


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