Analysts: Minority govt best way out of current deadlock

KUALA LUMPUR: The 15th General Election (GE15) last Saturday created history for several reasons, including resulting in Malaysia’s first-ever hung Parliament when none of the coalitions succeeded in securing a simple majority in the Dewan Rakyat.

Neither were the two coalitions with the highest number of parliamentary seats, Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional, willing to work together to form a multiple-coalition government.