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Malaysia
DIR By: guest78
Date: November 20, 2022, 2:02 am
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Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir loses seat in first election defeat in
53 years
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> KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Malaysia's veteran leader
Mahathir Mohamad suffered his first election defeat in 53 years
on Saturday in a blow that could mark the end of a seven-decade
political career.
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> Mahathir, 97, who served as Malaysia's prime minister for more
than two decades in two stints, failed to retain his
parliamentary seat in the Langkawi island constituency, coming
in fourth in a five-cornered fight.
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> The seat was won by Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah, a candidate from
the Perikatan alliance, which is led by another former prime
minister, Muhyiddin Yassin.
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Entire article:
HTML https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysias-mahathir-fails-win-seat-general-election-2022-11-19/
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> The National Alliance (Malay: Perikatan Nasional; abbrev: PN)
is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United
Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS),
Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), Sabah Progressive Party
(SAPP), and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This
coalition was preceded by the Malaysian Party Alliance
Association, also known as the Persatuan Perikatan Parti
Malaysia (PPPM).[7]
>
> Perikatan Nasional was formed early in the 2020 Malaysian
political crisis with the intention to replace the then-ruling
Pakatan Harapan government. The 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong,
Abdullah of Pahang, appointed Muhyiddin Yassin, then the
de-facto leader of PN, as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia,
bringing the informal political alliance into government. The
coalition was the ruling government of Malaysia from March 2020
until August 2021, when Muhyiddin Yassin resigned as Prime
Minister after the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
withdrew its support, depriving PN of its majority in
parliament.[8][9]
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> As of July 2022, Perikatan Nasional controls 47 seats in the
Dewan Rakyat.[10][11][12]
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> Ideology
> National conservatism
> Social conservatism
> Economic nationalism
> Right-wing populism
> 20-point agreement
> Political position
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HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perikatan_Nasional
For comparison:
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> The Alliance of Hope (Malay: Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH;
stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition
consisting of centre-left and centre-right parties which was
formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It was
the ruling coalition for 22 months at the federal level after it
won the 2018 Malaysian general election to February 2020 when it
lost power as a result of the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.
The coalition deposed the Barisan Nasional coalition government
during the 2018 election, ending its 60 year-long reign (taken
together with its predecessor, Alliance) since independence.
>
> It is currently the largest opposition coalition in the Dewan
Rakyat with 90 seats. While at the state level, it is the ruling
coalition in three of the 13 states in the country, Penang,
Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. It also holds two-thirds
majorities in the state legislative assemblies of Penang and
Selangor.
>
> The coalition consists of the Democratic Action Party,
People's Justice Party, National Trust Party, and United
Progressive Kinabalu Organisation. Its main allies are the
Malaysian United Democratic Alliance and Malaysian Advancement
Party. Former member parties are Sabah Heritage Party and United
Sarawak Party, both from East Malaysia, which left the coalition
in 2022.
>
> The coalition lost its majority in parliament and fell from
power in February 2020 when its chairman and then-Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad resigned, just after 22 months in office
(comparing to his 22 years as Prime Minister while with UMNO),
and the Malaysian United Indigenous Party together with 11
members of parliament from the People's Justice Party left the
coalition.[6][7][8]
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> Ideology
> Social democracy
> Social liberalism
> Civic nationalism
> Reformism
> Multiracialism
> Factions:
>
> Social justice
> Progressivism
> Islamic democracy
> Islamic modernism
> Secularism
> Left-wing nationalism
> Regionalism
> Anti-corruption
>
> Political position
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HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakatan_Harapan
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