Two years ahead of polls, Perikatan Nasional thrashing out PM candidate
Parliamentary opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin (above) is more widely perceived as a backroom operator, leaving former premier Muhyiddin Yassin as the more recognised prime minister candidate for Malaysia's Perikatan Nasional coalition. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR - After the post-election year of 2023 in which Perikatan Nasional (PN) threatened but failed to topple Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's loose multi-coalition alliance, Malaysia's opposition coalition is now grappling with succession planning ahead of the next national polls due by early 2028 but widely expected to take place a year earlier.
As Datuk Seri Anwar enters a mid-term period of the five-year parliamentary mandate, the opposition is now looking inward to prepare a renewed assault to reclaim Putrajaya, with former premier Muhyiddin Yassin's leadership of the pact coming into question earlier in 2025.
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