Former enemies, allies, who cares?


FOR many Malaysians, the parties they don’t want to form the government is all about who they hate or fear the most.

Let’s take the Pakatan Harapan crowd. During the campaigning for the 15th General Election (GE15), the Pakatan narrative was that a vote for Barisan Nasional was a vote for Barisan chairman and Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to become prime minister.

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