Ego trip or game changer? Analysts point to tough road ahead for Dr Mahathir’s new party

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s new party could struggle to stand out in a crowded field, with some political analysts even suggesting it is no more than a vehicle for the former prime minister’s ego and personal ambitions.

According to political analyst Dr Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Dr Mahathir’s still-nameless party will however find it hard to convince the Malay electorate that is already being courted by Umno, PAS, and Bersatu on one side as well as PKR and Amanah on the other. Dr Mahathir formed Bersatu in 2016 after he left Umno following a failed campaign to have the Malay nationalist party remove Datuk Seri Najib Razak as the prime minister.

He said a new party without such a network has as much chance of performing as Datuk Ibrahim Ali’s Parti Bumiputra Perkasa Malaysia , and would see it struggle for support the entire way to the general election. Political observer Hoo Ke Ping also predicted that Dr Mahathir’s latest vehicle was unlikely to influence Malay politics significantly, especially with its professed mission of “fighting corruption and kleptocracy”.

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