For the 61 years since Malaysia gained independence from Britain it has been governed by the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Over the past 40 years it has become increasingly corrupt and authoritarian, winning elections using dirty & even illegal tactics.
Despite some big happenings (see below) this election was expected to be no different. However, the defection of one time BN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed to the opposition has seen it win a crushing victory in a Parliament heavily gerrymandered toward BN. Opposition parties also won most of the state governments.
it is impossible to describe how big this is. All the Malaysians I talked to before the poll just assumed BN would steal this election too. This will completely upend Malaysian politics.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/09/a...lts/index.html
Despite some big happenings (see below) this election was expected to be no different. However, the defection of one time BN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed to the opposition has seen it win a crushing victory in a Parliament heavily gerrymandered toward BN. Opposition parties also won most of the state governments.
it is impossible to describe how big this is. All the Malaysians I talked to before the poll just assumed BN would steal this election too. This will completely upend Malaysian politics.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/09/a...lts/index.html
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