Perikatan: Trapped in a holding pattern?


Losing its mojo? Flag wars between Perikatan and Pakatan in Kampung Kubu Gajah, Shah Alam, during the August state elections. While the Opposition bloc gained ground with Malay voters, it could not wrest away Pakatan’s stronghold states. — KAMARUL ARIFFIN/The Star

HAS Perikatan Nasional and its chairman, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, lost their political mojo?

After Ramadan, in mid-April this year, there was a feeling that the Opposition coalition consisting of Bersatu, PAS, Gerakan and SAPP could topple Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s fledgling unity government.

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