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Muhyiddin keeps Malaysian politics in lockdown

Muhyiddin keeps Malaysian politics in lockdown A pick-up in the country’s vaccine rollout should give the PM an overwhelming incentive to keep buying time — ideally by using extended emergency rule to keep politics, as it were, under lockdown. Save Share Just over six months ago, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin talked the country’s monarch into declaring a state of emergency – the first in the country since the devastating racial riots of 1969. Muhyiddin said the emergency was to give his government the political stability and the legal powers needed to enforce COVID-19 control strategies. At the time, a spike in cases had threatened to derail what had been overall an effective response to the initial wave of the pandemic in 2020.

Malaysia Politics Upended Again as Key Party Pulls Suport for PM

Malaysia Politics Upended Again as Key Party Calls on PM to Quit Bloomberg 9 hrs ago Yantoultra Ngui, Anisah Shukry and Philip J. Heijmans (Bloomberg) The biggest political party in Malaysia’s ruling coalition withdrew support for Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and called on him to resign, setting the stage for another round of instability in the Southeast Asian nation. The move by the United Malays National Organisation in the early hours of Thursday is the latest twist in a turbulent period for Malaysian politics that began 15 months ago with the surprise resignation of longtime leader Mahathir Mohamad. In a Facebook post after the party’s meeting concluded well past midnight, UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced the withdrawal and called for a new leader to take over until fresh elections can be held.

Eyes on next generation as Singapore succession is thrown into question

Asia PacificEyes on next generation as Singapore succession is thrown into question Aradhana AravindanChen Lin 4 minutes read A ship docks at Keppel terminal in Singapore November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Singapore s typically staid politics has been unsettled by an announcement from the chosen successor for prime minister that he was taking himself out of the running, renewing questions over the city-state s leadership planning. Stability has long been one of wealthy Singapore s greatest strengths, making it a haven for investors and businesses in a region where political upheaval is not uncommon. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, whose promotion to deputy prime minister in 2019 put him first in line for the top job, said on Thursday he wanted to make way for someone younger because the COVID-19 pandemic meant he would be too old to take over by the time the crisis had settled. read more

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