Is Dr M looking at Churchill-like wartime Cabinet as he seeks national reconciliation? | Malay Mail

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Is Dr M looking at Churchill-like wartime Cabinet as he seeks national reconciliation?

Wednesday, 26 Feb 2020 01:51 PM MYTA non-partisan government could lift the limitations of a single bloc leadership, freeing Tun Mahathir from thorny issues like race, religion and the party schism that dogged a large part of Pakatan Harapan’s 22 month-rule. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

A non-partisan government could lift the limitations of a single bloc leadership, freeing Tun Mahathir from thorny issues like race, religion and the party schism that dogged a large part of Pakatan Harapan’s 22 month-rule, and allow him to focus on more pressing matters like the economy and reform. At the start of World War II, Churchill formed a wartime Cabinet consisting of rival members from both the Conservative and Labour parties and kept it relatively small to allow efficient execution of the war effort.Datuk Mohamad Abu Bakar, a political scientist with Universiti Malaya, said whether or not Dr Mahathir will succeed in leading a loose alliance of rival parties will very much rest on who the interim prime minister picks to sit in his new Cabinet.

“So Mahathir would definitely need to give emphasis to quality, capabilities and loyalty. They will help keep the respective factions in line.” Azmin and Zuraida claimed the move was necessary to block Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s purported attempt to force Dr Mahathir’s early retirement. They now lead an independent group of 11 former PKR MPs who have also voiced support for Mahathir.

Oh Ei Sun, senior fellow with Singapore’s Institute of International Affairs, noted that there is precedence where unity governments have succeeded, like post apartheid South Africa and the United Kingdom again just recently.

 

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