Revisit Two-Coalition System in Malaysia
Khoo Boo Teik
The recent jolts to Malaysia’s political landscape show that there is a strong basis for a return to a pluralistic and accountable two-coalition system.

Khoo Boo Teik
The recent jolts to Malaysia’s political landscape show that there is a strong basis for a return to a pluralistic and accountable two-coalition system.
Ooi Kee Beng
After a series of power grabs, there are few ideological differences among the country’s political parties and groupings in power. If UMNO as a phenomenon has run out of gas, its raison d’etre — Malay supremacy — needs some reconsideration.
Francis E. Hutchinson
In the past week, the Malaysian prime minister had to absorb a couple of political blows. But his coalition is not in any immediate danger — yet.
Norshahril Saat
In the May 2018 general election, UMNO lost power for the first time in history but clawed back into government in March 2020 through defections from the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. However, the party is now deeply split. A close examination of the positions of various UMNO leaders demonstrates that not all is well within the party, and its path to recapture Putrajaya is rocky.
Francis E. Hutchinson|Kevin Zhang
An audio clip of a conversation between Anwar Ibrahim and Zahid Hamidi has given Malaysians a ringside seat into the shady backroom dealing between two of the nation’s prominent politicians. Genuine or not, the political interests of the two men have increasingly converged.
Norshahril Saat
UMNO’s bid to rally the party ranks at its recent general assembly belies deeper problems ahead of the next general election.
Francis E. Hutchinson
UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is typically the embodiment of calm. Going forward, however, Zahid and his faction will have to hunker down to confront multiple challenges.
Norshahril Saat
Bersatu, the party of Malaysia’s prime minister, is running out of options to keep itself at the reins of power.
Norshahril Saat
Prime Minister Muhyiddin’s clock is ticking, and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah is holding it.
Nicholas Chan
The Barisan Nasional government's U-turn on changes to RUU 355, which will give the syariah courts more extensive powers, suggests that the coalition dynamics of politics are behind the move. Put simply, the coalition’s survival is equally, if not more important than UMNO’s electoral appeal.