Asian Insider: Malaysia Edition helps you connect the dots on the biggest stories playing out in Malaysia every week.An unprecedented six out of Malaysia’s 13 states are set to hold concurrent polls a mere nine months after a general election, in what is a stern early test of the support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government of ex-rivals with oftentimes wildly opposing ideologies.
About half the country’s electorate will be eligible to vote in what is also a swift opportunity for some rising stars – billed as future prime ministers – toafter being humbled at the national polls in November 2022. These include the likes of the premier’s daughter Nurul Izzah Anwar, as well as former senior minister for the economy Azmin Ali, who was once Datuk Seri Anwar’s right-hand man before defecting to former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.
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