Malaysia PM Coalition May Lose 2/3 Majority - Anwar
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's ruling coalition could lose its crucial two-thirds majority for the first time in 40 years in next month's election due to eroding support, opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday.
The last time the multiracial coalition failed to score a two-thirds majority was in 1969. A few days after the election, the country's worst race riots erupted, killing hundreds.
"We can deny Barisan Nasional a two-thirds majority," the former deputy premier told Reuters in his office in an old bungalow in a leafy suburb just outside the capital.
He said voters were set to punish Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration for the rising cost of living, alleged racial discrimination and claims of judicial corruption.
Lagi:http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/3427/84/
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's ruling coalition could lose its crucial two-thirds majority for the first time in 40 years in next month's election due to eroding support, opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday.
The last time the multiracial coalition failed to score a two-thirds majority was in 1969. A few days after the election, the country's worst race riots erupted, killing hundreds.
"We can deny Barisan Nasional a two-thirds majority," the former deputy premier told Reuters in his office in an old bungalow in a leafy suburb just outside the capital.
He said voters were set to punish Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration for the rising cost of living, alleged racial discrimination and claims of judicial corruption.
Lagi:http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/3427/84/
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