Malaysia election: Mahathir Mohamad's opposition alliance wins majority in parliament

**David48atTD** · 10-05-2018, 03:15 AM

Malaysia's opposition alliance led by the country's former authoritarian ruler Mahathir Mohamad has won a majority in
parliament, ending the 60-year rule of the National Front.

Key points:

Mr Mahathir's opposition has won 112 seats to the ruling party's 76
A simple majority of 112 seats is required to form government
The 92-year-old was the country's authoritarian ruler for 22 years

The Election Commission said official results had the opposition so far winning 112 seats and the Barisan Nasional (BN), or National Front, with 76.
Mr Mahathir said a representative of Malaysia's constitutional monarchy had contacted the opposition to acknowledge its victory.

The 92-year-old emerged from retirement and joined the opposition after being angered by an epic corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Najib Razak.
He was the country's authoritarian leader for 22 years until 2003.

The opposition also swept state elections, including Johor state where the dominant Malay party in the National Front was founded.
Mr Mahathir said he expected a prime minister would be sworn in within a day.

The election results marked the first time the National Front had been voted out of power in the six decades since Malaysia gained independence from Britain.

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**tomcat** · 10-05-2018, 05:57 AM

...if only those results were contagious...

**hallelujah** · 10-05-2018, 07:49 AM

First time my better half has seen another government in her lifetime.

Seems the rural voters, already unhappy with BN, finally switched allegiances to a party they felt comfortable with in Mahatir, and that most Malays and non-Malay Bumiputera were able to look beyond the race/cash-based politics that thrived under Najib.

**Wilsonandson** · 10-05-2018, 09:15 AM

**Begbie** · 10-05-2018, 09:30 AM

This is a major upset. In the past when the BN was threatened they played the race card and massacred the Chinese. To late for that now. Najib will most likely move to Dubai.

**Norton** · 10-05-2018, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by Begbie

This is a major upset

But not a surprise. Using the promise of returning to the good old days (80s and 90s) economically when he was in charge, a promise to pardon Anwar, and running with Anwar's wife who will now be the first female deputy PM all assured he would win. He might be a crafty old coot but gotta give him credit.

**Seekingasylum** · 10-05-2018, 10:46 AM

The amounts of money stolen by the MYS ruling classes over the past 20 odd years is mind boggling, several billion $US, a significant proportion of which has greased a path directly in to the heart of the British economy benefiting any number within the British establishment centred in London.

It will be interesting to see how much will be disgorged back to Mahathir when he and his boys open up the books and start swinging a few by their thumbs. Bribery and corruption to secure contracts and money laundering are of course criminal offences in Britain but that's never stopped the City, BAe and a few Tory MPs etc from getting their corporate snouts into the trough.

**Norton** · 10-05-2018, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

It will be interesting to see how much will be disgorged back to Mahathir when he and his boys open up the books and start swinging a few by their thumbs

Najib and his cronies are well and truely going to face a barrage of criminal charges. Best action is to get out while the getting out is still good. The good doctor is a vicious political opponent. Never mind he was corrupt to the core himself.

Indeed any company foreign or domestic illegally paid handsomely for the privilege of doing business in Malaysia. Doubt nations like the UK or US will prosecute however. The practice is well known in those governments and rarely is anyone prosecuted.

**HuangLao** · 10-05-2018, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Norton

But not a surprise. Using the promise of returning to the good old days (80s and 90s) economically when he was in charge, a promise to pardon Anwar, and running with Anwar's wife who will now be the first female deputy PM all assured he would win. He might be a crafty old coot but gotta give him credit.

I might be a little cynically suspicious as to if things might be changing for the better for our neighbors to the south or embedded status quo remains the same.
Nonetheless, perhaps a positive direction.

We'll see.

**sabang** · 10-05-2018, 11:31 AM

It may well be a case of out of the frying pan into the fire, but still good to see the BRN's uninterrupted monopoly on Malaysian politics broken.

So, Mahathir- who served several terms as PM for BRN, switched camps to the opposition, and won. His then main opposition figure as PM was Anwar- who is due to be released from jail next month on Sodomy charges, and will promptly become a senior figure in the good Doctors new government. And who was the main figure who orchestrated that rather dodgy conviction in the first place? Mahathir.

Yep- Malaysia, truly Asia.

**HuangLao** · 10-05-2018, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

It may well be a case of out of the frying pan into the fire, but still good to see the BRN's uninterrupted monopoly on Malaysian politics broken.

So, Mahathir- who served several terms as PM for BRN, switched camps to the opposition, and won. His then main opposition figure as PM was Anwar- who is due to be released from jail next month on Sodomy charges, and will promptly become a senior figure in the good Doctors new government. And who was the main figure who orchestrated that rather dodgy conviction in the first place? Mahathir.

Yep- Malaysia, truly Asia.

....and one wouldn't care for it to be anything else but Asian.

**Norton** · 10-05-2018, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by sabang

rather dodgy conviction

Sperm on the mattress gambit always a winner in Malaysia.

**TuskegeeBen** · 10-05-2018, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by Norton

Najib and his cronies are well and truely going to face a barrage of criminal charges. Best action is to get out while the getting out is still good. The good doctor is a vicious political opponent. Never mind he was corrupt to the core himself.

Indeed any company foreign or domestic illegally paid handsomely for the privilege of doing business in Malaysia. Doubt nations like the UK or US will prosecute however. The practice is well known in those governments and rarely is anyone prosecuted.

**Troy** · 10-05-2018, 02:02 PM

Dr M back in office? All swings and roundabouts but I doubt it will do anything to stop the corruption. Maybe just allow the old boys back into play...

**OhOh** · 10-05-2018, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by Norton

He might be a crafty old coot but gotta give him credit.

One for the "Men Age Better" thread. Using his powers of persuasion instead of brute force.

Is that an Asian thing?

**hallelujah** · 10-05-2018, 11:01 PM

Good friends and family on the Borneo island of Sabah and Sarawak saying the rural folk stilll mainly voted for BN (despite much loathing) and both states remain BN while the actual voters haven't yet realised that BN is no longer the government, but an opposition party.

Frogs. Coconut shells etc.

**Wonton** · 12-05-2018, 02:08 PM

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian authorities barred ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife from leaving the country on Saturday, amid reports that the government was reopening investigations into a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal at a state fund he founded.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ma...-idUKKBN1ID00N

**Norton** · 12-05-2018, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by Wonton

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian authorities barred ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife from leaving the country on Saturday, amid reports that the government was reopening investigations into a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal at a state fund he founded.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ma...-idUKKBN1ID00N

Call Yingluck Najib. She will get you sorted.

**Dragonfly** · 12-05-2018, 04:13 PM

1MDB here we go again

the fooker took 1 Billion USD out of people savings

**OhOh** · 18-05-2018, 02:31 PM

Extensive US Meddling in Malaysia’s General Election Revealed

17.05.2018 Author: Tony Cartalucci

"After now 2 years of accusations and constant headlines regarding allegations of still unproven “Russian influence” in the 2016 US presidential election, it is difficult to imagine that real political meddling or election interference anywhere around the globe could go unnoticed.

This is especially true regarding the Western corporate media who has portrayed itself as deeply aware of the unethical and undemocratic nature of one nation interfering in the elections of another.

Yet during Malaysia’s recent general election – hailed by the Western media as a “historic win” for an opposition the Western media clearly favored – not a single story was written by media organizations like Reuters, AFP, CNN, the BBC and many others covering foreign interference during the elections.

Despite the lack of Western attention regarding foreign election meddling, it is revealed that Malaysia’s opposition is almost entirely comprised of US government-funded fronts – ranging from opposition leaders themselves, to political street fronts and organizers, to media organizations posing as “independent” Malaysian journalists, and “rights advocates” leveraging human rights advocacy to support the opposition and compromise Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional (BN) party.

Over the years, Malaysiakini receives grant support from a host of agencies for its various projects. Apart from Seapa, these include:

Asia Foundation
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Dutch Embassy in Malaysia
Free Voice (FV)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNS)
International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ)
Media Development Loan fund (MDLF) – also a minority investor in Malaysiakini
National Endowment of Democracy (NED)
Open Society Institute (OSI)

It claims that it accepts no more than 10% from any of the 9 foreign government and corporate foundation sponsors that fund it. However, it is clear that all 9 of the listed foreign organizations funding Malaysiakini are themselves a combine of Western corporate-financier interests.Asia Foundation is funded by banks, weapons manufacturers, and big-oil. It also funded by the US State Department itself. MDIF is funded by Soros’ Open Society. The International Centre for Journalists runs programs funded by Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and chemical giant BASF.Thus, regardless of Malaysiakini’s attempts to divide up its sponsors to claim it is “independent,” at least 90% of its funding comes from US-European corporate-financier interests.

While the Western media has depicted a small number of Facebook ads from a nebulous Russian-based organization operating on a budget literally a thousand times smaller than 2016 US presidential election campaign budgets, as “Russian influence” – the US State Department is spending millions of dollars on efforts in Malaysia alone to build up the opposition’s support base and swing elections in their favor.While the Western media clearly understands the unethical and undemocratic nature of such meddling as exemplified by their nonstop coverage of “Russian influence” since 2016 – they have failed categorically to even mention overt and extensive US meddling in Malaysia’s elections, let alone condemn it on equal terms with their accusations against Russia.US-funded agitators in neighboring nations across Southeast Asia enthusiastically celebrated the victory of the US-backed opposition in Malaysia. These groups, while claiming to fight for “democracy” in their respective nations – represent a pan-regional effort to impose US interests upon Asia. They often coordinate their campaigns, defend each other during their setbacks, and create synergies as they move their singular, foreign-sponsored agenda forward.This represents a risk to nations like Cambodia and Thailand where US meddling is also present and equally extensive. Protests in Thailand are funded by the US government and supported by US-funded media fronts and “rights” groups. The opposition party in Cambodia had gone as far as openly brag about conspiring with the US government to seize power."

https://journal-neo.org/2018/05/17/e...tion-revealed/

I'm sure it's really nothing to become alarmed about.

**harrybarracuda** · 18-05-2018, 03:58 PM

It was that shit I'm surprised you bothered posting it once.

**HuangLao** · 18-05-2018, 05:52 PM

Yet, the Malays could've still done much better for themselves, but not.
Their only choices - scoundrels and scalawags, cycling accordingly.
Reflective of most of the world's systems.

**crackerjack101** · 18-05-2018, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Yet, the Malays could've still done much better for themselves, but not.
Their only choices - scoundrels and scalawags, cycling accordingly.
Reflective of most of the world's systems.

More inane garbage Jeff.
I particularly liked the sentence "scoundrels and scalawags, cycling accordingly."

Beautiful.

The last one was also good in it's complete stupidity;

"Reflective of most of the world's systems."

Totally nonsensical. You've out done your self with this Jeff, well done.

**Dragonfly** · 18-05-2018, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by crackerjack101

"Reflective of most of the world's systems."

Totally nonsensical. You've out done your self with this Jeff, well done.

maybe lost in translation, but I understand what he is trying to say, yet in a clumsy way, when translated in French, it makes perfect sense

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