The one with the strange bedfellows


U-turn politicians: It was a shocker when ‘frenemies’ Dr Mahathir and Anwar decided to bury the hatchet and form an alliance for the last elections.

IN politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interest.

If, according to Perak DAP chairman Nga Kor Ming, Umno did not refuse to offer state executive council positions to the party, there would have been a possibility of the arch-rivals forming the state government.

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