The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday November 21st 2022
Malaysian General Election Analysis by Murray Hunter
alaysia’s general election results indicate a number of trends that have shaped the future political landscape of the nation. Within the election results, where no coalition grouping can by themselves commend enough numbers to form a simple majority, there will have to be some form of inter-dependentpolitics, in order for any government to be formed.
There were not uniform trends, as different parts of the country voted in different ways. Those politicians who didn’t perform well or were traitors to their party, were severely punished. These include Azmin Ali and ZuraidahKamaruddin, who played a leading role in the Sheraton Putsch, and Maszlee Malik who performed very poorly as education minister.
With a turnout of 75 percent, there were no ‘give-aways’ before the results were released about which coalition would benefit. A low turnout was expected to favour the Barisan Nasional, while a high turnout was expected to favour the opposition, Pakatan Harapan. Instead, the turnout didn’t favour any group, with the youth vote not being the game-changer the opposition had hoped for.
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The Comedy of the Tragedy or Sputum to the sky #poem by Amir Khatib
“The sun deceived us
We were defeated by our grandfathers’ land
And the moon gave us whimper that we do not deserve”
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Screws & Chips #47 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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