I was still in university and very much disinterested in national politics when the Opposition parties banded together to form Pakatan Rakyat back in 2008.
The 12th General Election had just ended and the trio of PKR, DAP, and PAS pulled off a shocking feat of denying Barisan Nasional a two-thirds majority in Parliament for the first time in nearly 40 years.
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Akil Yunus
Akil Yunus believes the world would be a better place without politics, but also a lot duller. He is a moderate at everything but eating, and feels people should make sense, not war.