A fantasy political scenario


Bersatu founder and president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin with other supreme council members and delegates at the Bersatu convention in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star

“DO you think there will be Bersatu by-elections?” a political analyst asked me in March.

My friend was referring to the possibility that the parliamentary seats of six Bersatu Opposition MPs, who had pledged their support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, would become vacant.

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