Among those whose standing may be boosted by the coalition’s performance at the six state elections over the weekend include Kedah chief minister Muhammad Sanusi Md Noor - who has been compared to Donald Trump - as well as Terengganu chief minister Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar who led a clean sweep of the seats there.
SANUSI’S IMAGE BOOSTED
“This has boosted his image and he will go for a higher position in the party. There is already talk that he will contest as deputy president in their next party election,” Dr Azizuddin told CNA. In the past, Sanusi has even taken on Johor crown prince Tunku Idris Ismail, with a spat between both of them taking place on social media.
Political analyst Ibrahim Suffian of the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research believes that it is still early days to talk about succession in PAS as it was a more structured process and would require consensus from the party’s religious wing known as the Shura Ulama Council. The council is the highest decision-making body in the party.
Malaysia’s Perikatan Nasional supporters outside a nomination centre in Sungai Pusu, Selangor, on Jul 29, 2023, ahead of the state election. PAS’ spectacular showing at the election could also spell trouble for the dynamics within the opposition coalition. PAS now holds the chief ministerial posts in four states, the other being the northernmost state of Perlis. Bersatu, on the other hand, does not hold the post of chief minister in any Malaysian state.
“Many people believe that they should lead the coalition and that the chairman should be Abdul Hadi Awang and not Muhyiddin Yassin ,” he said. “There are those in PAS who question why Bersatu seems to be the ‘bigger brother’ in PN. They are the majority but are being ruled by the minority. “They won’t get as much compared to the states aligned with the federal government. In politics, it is common for the term ‘anak tiri’ to be used metaphorically to describe a state government that is not aligned with the federal government,” he said.
The three states that PN won in the election over the weekend contributed a total of 7.8 per cent to the country’s gross domestic product in 2022.
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