Malaysian Election watch

[manlion]

Malaysia's former leader set to become world's oldest PM at 92

The official results, usually announced by 11pm, were not released until around 3am, and some alleged that Najib was trying to stall the announcement. Constituencies that were swinging towards the opposition also reported electricity blackouts, hindering the final count.

In the end, however, Najib made no public statement after Mahathir had claimed victory in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Mahathir’s selection as opposition leader had made this an unusual election: he was an UMNO member when he first came to power in 1981, and played a key role selecting his protege Najib as prime minister in 2009.

The relationship soured in 2015 after Najib was implicated in the 1MDB scandal, and this year Mahathir announced he was not only forming his own political party, Bersatu, but switching sides and joining the opposition coalition.

Najib had initially been expected to win easily, but, as campaigning picked up, the opposition dominated the narrative, raising issues such as corruption and the rising cost of living.

After claiming victory on Thursday morning, Mahathir was asked whether he would seek to prosecute Najib for his alleged role in the 1MDB scandal. “We are not seeking revenge, we are seeking to restore the rule of law,” he said.

As part of his agreement with Pakatan Harapan, Mahathir will only be prime minister for two years, and then will cede power to Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar, who was also once Mahathir’s protege, is currently in jail serving a second sentence for sodomy.

Mahathir and Anwar fell out publicly in 1999 and Mahathir was responsible for jailing Anwar, but the pair put aside their differences in their united desire to take down Najib.

The plan now is for Mahathir to have Anwar pardoned so he can take office. “He’ll be released in June,” said Mahathir. “Once he’s pardoned, he’s eligible to be PM again.” Mahathir also announced after his victory that he would appoint Wan Azizah, Anwar’s wife, as his deputy prime minister.

The police have warned people against gathering in the streets to celebrate in case of rioting; however, a large group gathered outside the Pakatan Harapan headquarters in Petaling Jaya to cheer and wave flags.

For Dr Mohan Mahatheva, who was in the crowd, “tonight this is true freedom for Malaysia. We freed ourselves from colonialism, now we have freed ourselves from kleptocracy,” he said. “At least I know my children will live in a truly independent Malaysia.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-mohamad-set-to-become-worlds-oldest-pm-at-92

 

[powastick]

The Malays will always look for excuse when things don’t turn their way. They expect the government to take good care of them without putting effort to work hard. Try blaming on contracting out to Chinese is just a lame excuse. If you let a Malay contractor do a project. It will take ages to complete or even never.

This result is bad for China. And bad for Malaysia too. I expect Malaysia to be in turmoil soon. But Mahathir will not be in power for too long given he is at 92.

Yeah, that the whole point of UMNO party. Distributing wealth to Malays. If you give to PRC Chinese citizen, that is the deal breaker, how can UMNO remain relevant? I'm not talking about HSR project, I meant the smaller ones, like housing development and simple flag and banner printing. China public relation officer working in Malaysia needs to be fired for ignoring local sensibilities.

 

[manlion]

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[Nan Yang]

The Malays will always look for excuse when things don’t turn their way. They expect the government to take good care of them without putting effort to work hard. Try blaming on contracting out to Chinese is just a lame excuse. If you let a Malay contractor do a project. It will take ages to complete or even never.

This result is bad for China. And bad for Malaysia too. I expect Malaysia to be in turmoil soon. But Mahathir will not be in power for too long given he is at 92.

Gosh Mahathir is well known to be anti west, pro business and not anti China.
However Mahathir is also very particular about money going out of the country. It's about the economy.

What I am more worried is Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar is a Malay nationalist and Islamist. He will be the Prime Minister. not Mahathir.

Either way Malaysia is going down hill.

 

[manlion]

DAP, PKR, BerSatu alliance - the Harapan coalition can be fragile

 

[Beast]

Yeah, that the whole point of UMNO party. Distributing wealth to Malays. If you give to PRC Chinese citizen, that is the deal breaker, how can UMNO remain relevant? I'm not talking about HSR project, I meant the smaller ones, like housing development and simple flag and banner printing. China public relation officer working in Malaysia needs to be fired for ignoring local sensibilities.

Hi. The housing build by PRC will be cheaper and better, same as the road and infrastructure. Don’t tell me it will be the PRC Citizen using these facilities and not the Malay. The Malay people need to work themselves hard to compete with the global. They don’t expect the government to spoon feed back.

It’s the same situation in Middle East all abs countries. With the decline of oil importance. These Arabs need to buck up and revamp the system. Change the mentality of their people. Make them more conmpetitive and compete global. Make good use of the money left before they run dry.

 

[manlion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/994454285277696000

Hi. The housing build by PRC will be cheaper and better, same as the road and infrastructure. Don’t tell me it will be the PRC Citizen using these facilities and not the Malay. The Malay people need to work themselves hard to compete with the global. They don’t expect the government to spoon feed back.

It’s the same situation in Middle East all abs countries. With the decline of oil importance. These Arabs need to buck up and revamp the system. Change the mentality of their people. Make them more conmpetitive and compete global. Make good use of the money left before they run dry.

Chinese developers have turn many Malaysian cities into ghost towns

 

[powastick]

Anwar is a Malay nationalist and Islamist

Anwar is no way in what so ever is an Islamist. Mahathir is even stronger Malay nationalist. Najib is worst among all, during 1987, he led death to chinese rally with his father 1969 with anti-Chinese riot. Mahathir maybe anti-west, but he is by nature neutral. The country won't be run by Islamist, too weak, did you see the result carefully.

DAP PKR alliance - the Harapan coalition can be fragile

Not true, DAP and PAS together is even more fragile. Secular vs Islamist. But they are not a coalition this year. PAS went separate ways and try to play 3rd party tilting force. Looks like neither side need them. PKR is not an Islamist party.

Hi. The housing build by PRC will be cheaper and better, same as the road and infrastructure. Don’t tell me it will be the PRC Citizen using these facilities and not the Malay. The Malay people need to work themselves hard to compete with the global. They don’t expect the government to spoon feed back.

It’s the same situation in Middle East all abs countries. With the decline of oil importance. These Arabs need to buck up and revamp the system. Change the mentality of their people. Make them more competitive and compete global. Make good use of the money left before they run dry.

Yeah, but with China and non-Malay supervisors and workers from Bangladesh. Malaysian economy had been growing 6% but that growth is not felt at all to the majority of the people while cost of living is increasing. This is democracy we are talking about, the people demands result now not empty promises. Also people who are voting for the government are those voter base that demands Malay rights to be protected. When those people saw housing projects and banner and flags done by China, they lost faith in the government. Those things can be done by local people. This is not Africa we are talking about. The company should have printed the Flag and Banner in Malaysia.

 

[sweetgrape]

The election is equal to Chinese and Malay? hehe, disgusting country, hope Chinese in Malaysia can find their way, you are not responsible for feed these lazy and impotent Malay.

 

[powastick]

https://twitter.com/x/status/994454285277696000

Chinese developers have turn many Malaysian cities into ghost towns

Is not Chinese developers fault. Those are actually UMNO elites project, but only involve in construction. In front China company, but behind is UMNO members themselves. China contractors cheap, fast and have funding to undertake massive project without risking folding. That is the main reason UMNO members are rebelling.

 

[sweetgrape]

https://twitter.com/x/status/994454285277696000

Chinese developers have turn many Malaysian cities into ghost towns

Hehe, is it Chinese developer's responsibility to manage and design the cities? what can you malay do? need we teach you how to eat and pee? you can authorize Japanese and American to develop you country.

 

[Devil Soul]

Malaysia's Mahathir wins shock election victory, toppling long-ruling regime
By AFP
Published: May 10, 2018
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 92, won a historic election victory Thursday, in a political earthquake that toppled the country’s scandal-plagued premier and ousted a regime that had ruled for over six decades.

In a stunning political upset that took pundits by surprise, Mahathir’s opposition alliance ended the long hold on power of the Barisan Nasional coalition, which has been in power in Malaysia since its birth as an independent country in 1957.

The thumping victory capped a dramatic political comeback for Mahathir, who previously ruled the country with an iron fist for 22 years and came out of retirement to take on Prime Minister Najib Razak after the leader became embroiled in a massive corruption scandal.

Supporters hit the streets as Malaysia election campaign to star

When he takes power, Mahathir will be the oldest prime minister in the world.

Despite the shock result there were no reports of trouble on the streets, where pockets of celebration erupted overnight.

A flag-waving crowd of supporters gathered on a field outside the headquarters of Mahathir’s party near Kuala Lumpur.

Suva Selvan, a 48-year-old doctor, said he felt the country had just won its independence.

“I feel that with this change we probably can see something better in the future… our hope for the future is a better government, fair, free and united,” he told AFP.

Defeat could just be the beginning of Najib’s troubles. Mahathir has vowed to bring him to justice over allegations that billions of dollars were looted from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, which the scandal-hit leader set up and oversaw.

But at a press conference after his win, Mahathir vowed: “We are not seeking revenge. We want to restore the rule of law.”

He said he would be sworn in Thursday.

Mahathir’s return to the political frontlines saw him throw in his lot with an opposition alliance filled with parties that he crushed while in power, and which includes jailed opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim — his former nemesis.

Anwar is due to be released from prison in June. Mahathir has vowed to get him a royal pardon, and later hand over the premiership to him.

As well as seizing control of the national government, several state legislatures across the country fell into opposition hands for the first time, including the highly symbolic bastion of Johor, the birthplace of Najib’s party that was the lynchpin of the ruling coalition.

Official results from the Election Commission showed that Mahathir’s opposition grouping Pakatan Harapan, along with a small ally, had secured 121 parliamentary seats. 112 are needed to form a government.

Malaysia’s jailed Anwar urges voters to pick former nemesis Mahathir

BN got 79 seats – a dramatic drop from the 133 they held previously.

Najib was nowhere to be seen as the evening wore on, and was believed to have holed up inside his house for talks with senior members of BN.

The opposition win was particularly striking as critics said that Najib tried everything he could to cling to power.

His government was accused of pushing a redrawing of electoral boundaries through parliament that created constituencies packed with the country’s Muslim Malay majority, who have traditionally supported BN.

He called the election on a weekday — polls are typically held at the weekend in Malaysia — in what observers said was an effort to keep turnout down, which would hurt the opposition. In the event, voters flocked to the polls in huge numbers.

Ultimately the explosive allegations of corruption, coupled with anger at rising living costs, proved too much for Malaysia’s 15 million voters, already sick of racially divisive politics in the multi-ethnic country and graft scandals under years of BN rule.

In Mahathir, the opposition found the perfect person to take on Najib. He is a staunch Malay nationalist who could appeal to the country’s biggest ethnic group, and whose years in power were remembered as a prosperous period in the country’s history.

The initial euphoria at the opposition victory will likely give way to some apprehension.

Mahathir was also a accused of being an authoritarian leader, and political opponents were thrown in jail during his time in office.

 

[manlion]

Hehe, is it Chinese developer's responsibility to manage and design the cities? what can you malay do? need we teach you how to eat and pee? you can authorize Japanese and American to develop you country.

Inside China’s Ghost City In Malaysia

However, with new capital outflow restrictions that Beijing imposed in 2017, this stream of sales has pretty much dried up. The developers have now switched gears and are trying to appeal to buyers in the Middle East. Is is currently unclear how well this is working.

https://www.vagabondjourney.com/inside-chinas-ghost-city-in-malaysia/

The shocking Malaysian election result could hit Chinese investments

• A stunning win by the opposition bloc in Malaysia's general election on Wednesday could have implications for the Southeast Asian nation's ties with China, a major investor.
• Mahathir Mohamad, who led his opposition alliance to victory, said the country could renegotiate several agreements that had been struck with China.
• Mahathir criticized the previous administration for selling out to China.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/10/mal...na-belt-and-road-infrastructure-projects.html

 

[帅的一匹]

I don't care who is the PM of Malaysia, they need China investment no matter who is in charge.

 

[ChineseLuver]

Same school of thought,not much will change for the non-malays like unequal rights from discount on housing, 30% ownership of listed companies, trade on resources and many more. That's what I've been telling my ethnic Chinese brothers to come to mainland to live and do business,don't feed the ungrateful handicapped Malays.

Trying to smuggle fake election papers to stay in power,dirty tactics of the malays