An embarrassment, but ‘not the end’ for Muhyiddin

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PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional’s paltry performance in the Melaka state election, winning only 2 of 28 seats contested, is a huge embarrassment for coalition leader Muhyiddin Yassin, says political analyst Oh Ei Sun.

Oh said the Melaka election was Muhyiddin’s “Waterloo moment”. However, it was still possible for him to recover from the worst of defeats.

Muhyiddin will need to soldier on, as Barisan Nasional (BN) will be “back with a vengeance” now that they have scored a huge victory, he added.
The coalition won 21 of 28 seats, Umno winning 18, MCA 2 and MIC 1.

Political scientist Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid of Universiti Sains Malaysia said Muhyiddin could salvage his political career if he managed to sway some form of cooperation with BN in the new state government as the two coalitions are partners in the federal government.

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