Special Issue on the Malaysia GE15 – 24 Nov 2022

This special issue of Daily News Alert compiles news articles relating to the 15th Malaysian General Election, held on 19 November 2022. The regular Daily News Alert will be released after 4 pm today.


1. Anwar Ibrahim is Malaysia’s 10th prime minister
Amir Yusof, Rashvinjeet S Bedi
Channel News Asia, 24 November 2022
 
2. Malaysia GE15: BN to take part in unity government but not one led by PN, says UMNO
Amir Yusof
Channel News Asia, 24 November 2022
 
3. Bersih moots power-sharing instead of unity government
Free Malaysia Today, 24 November 2022
 
4. Beware Dayak backlash if you back Muhyiddin, GPS warned
Ainin Wan Salleh
Free Malaysia Today, 24 November 2022
 
5. Now PN agrees to King’s unity govt proposal
Free Malaysia Today, 24 November 2022
 
6. PN’s stunning rise puts PH’s Malay seats in Penang at risk, say analysts
Dineskumar Ragu
Free Malaysia Today, 24 November 2022
 
7. Sabah, Sarawak must be part of PH-led unity govt, says Kitingan
Tracy Bul
Free Malaysia Today, 24 November 2022
 
8. We tried, let’s move on, say PAS MPs
Free Malaysia Today, 24 November 2022
 
9. Tabling Budget in Special Parliamentary session not under Caretaker’s responsibility; IDEAS reiterates the need for Caretaker Government Convention
Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, 24 November 2022
 
10. 马来政治海啸由什么构成? [How did the Malay political tsunami come about?]
张泽润
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 24 November 2022
 
11. Anwar frontrunner for PM post in unity government, with Tok Mat also in contention to be DPM
Leslie Lau
Malay Mail Online, 24 November 2022
 
12. Expect any PM to struggle
Praba Ganesan
Malay Mail Online, 24 November 2022
 
13. Loyalists of Umno president call for party to stop politicking, abide by Agong’s decree to form unity govt
Shahrin Aizat Noorshahrizam
Malay Mail Online, 24 November 2022
 
14. Sabah component says BN as a whole must reconsider neutral position after Umno agrees to unity govt
Yiswaree Palansamy
Malay Mail Online, 24 November 2022
 
15. Supreme council wants Zahid to continue leading Umno, BN
Kow Gah Chie
Malaysiakini, 24 November 2022
 
16. GPS can weather grassroots anger, say analysts
Desmond Davidson
Malaysian Insight, 24 November 2022
 
17. Pendirian ‘No Anwar, No DAP’ halang BN gerak ke depan, kata penganalisis [“No Anwar, no DAP” stance obstructing BN from moving forward, say analysts]
Hishamuddin Rais
Malaysian Insight, 24 November 2022
 
18. Pembentukan kerajaan Perak gambaran ‘Kabinet wajah Malaysia’ [Formation of Perak government represents the “face of the Malaysian Cabinet”]
Shah Mohd Akmal Abdul Halim, Pensyarah di Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS)
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 23 November 2022
 
19. Voters left feeling ‘powerless’ in ongoing political gridlock following Malaysia GE15 results: Experts
Fabian Koh
Channel News Asia, 23 November 2022
 
20. Christian leaders in Kuching urge GPS to call off pact with PN
Free Malaysia Today, 23 November 2022
 
21. Conspiring BN MPs will enable Bersatu’s destruction of Umno
Ibrahim M Ahmad
Free Malaysia Today, 23 November 2022
 
22. Umno, BN component ‘big guns’ among 10 who backed Muhyiddin
Free Malaysia Today, 23 November 2022
 
23. Why a unity government makes sense
Azalina Othman Said
Free Malaysia Today, 23 November 2022
 
24. Padang Serai polls: Harapan makes last-minute candidate switch
Arulldas Sinnappan
Malaysiakini, 23 November 2022
 
25. Proses pasca-PRU: Kekaburan, kekangan bentuk kerajaan baharu [Post-GE process: ambiguity, deadlocks shaping new government]
Dr G Manimaran
Malaysian Insight, 23 November 2022
 
26. GE15: BN asked for DPM post, sources say on BN-PN meet
Dawn Chan
New Straits Times, 23 November 2022
 
27. GE15: The PH and BN pact unveiled
New Straits Times, 23 November 2022
 
28. 打破政治僵局:马华和火箭可否做朋友?[Breaking the political deadlock: can MCA and DAP be friends?]
张庆禄
Sinchew 星洲网, 23 November 2022
 
29. Malaysia election 2022: Hope for Anwar as king remains firm on unity plan rejected by Muhyiddin
Bhavan Jaipragas
South China Morning Post, 23 November 2022
 
30. Malaysia: Muhyiddin ally Annuar Musa slammed for stoking race tensions with disinformation
Hadi Azmi
South China Morning Post, 23 November 2022
 
31. Why is Muhyiddin reluctant to work with Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan?
James Chin
Straits Times, 23 November 2022
 
32. Calling Pakatan ‘gentlemen’, Umno Youth chief claims Perikatan keeps trying to ‘steal’ BN reps to secretly form government
Today, 23 November 2022
 
Media, Technology & Society
 
33. School kids returning home saying Harapan anti-Islam, leaders share
Malaysiakini, 24 November 2022
 
34. TikTok on ‘high alert’ in Malaysia as tensions rise over election wrangle
Rozanna Latiff and Mei Mei Chu
Reuters, 23 November 2022

 

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