Failure to change Budget 2021 vote’s outcome shows Dr M, Ku Li’s influence waning

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Pundits: Failure to change Budget 2021 vote’s outcome shows Dr Mahathir, Ku Li’s influence waning

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — Despite their decades of experience in local politics, analysts believed that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and senior Umno MP Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah may now have little to offer in affecting the Malaysian political dynamic.

The political analysts polled said that the duo’s call for MPs to reject the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government’s Budget 2021 in its third reading vote and offer to assist a new government largely went ignored.

“On the positive side, their political experiences let them reach beyond political partisanship boundaries when they are willing to cooperate with any MPs. Especially in our political culture where political parties majorly define our political landscape instead of civil societies.

“However, their move to reject the Bill still failed to bring down Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, and has shown that their influence, especially in Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (which Dr Mahathir founded) and Umno (which Tengku Razaleigh is in) has corroded.

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