Battle of competing narratives


Calm before the storm: Kuala Kubu Baharu is a semi-urban state seat located in the Hulu Selangor district. — KK SHAM/The Star

PETALING JAYA: While it will unlikely change the power dynamics in Selangor or at the national level, the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election is set to be a fierce battleground of competing narratives about the Federal Government’s handling of recent controversies that have strained communal ties.

Observers and analysts said because the by-election will not affect the unity government alliance’s hold on the Selangor state assembly, Opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional will pull out all the stops to persuade the constituency’s 40,226 voters to register their anger with the government at the ballot box.

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