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Malaysia election: Mahathir Mohamad leads opposition to unexpected victory, ending 60-year Malay par
« on: May 09, 2018, 07:50:34 pm »
Malaysia's ruling party has been ousted for the first time in the country's 60-year history after an opposition alliance claimed victory in national elections.

Opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad said he expected to be sworn in as prime minister within a day after winning a historic majority in parliament.

The Election Commission said the opposition had so far won 112 seats and the ruling National Front coalition had 76.

The opposition is also sweeping state elections, including Johor state where the Malay party, which dominates the National Front, was founded.

Read more at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/malaysia-election-results-latest-updates-mahathir-mohamad-najib-razak-malay-party-a8343811.html
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Re: Malaysia election: Mahathir Mohamad leads opposition to unexpected victory, ending 60-year Malay
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2018, 08:17:53 pm »
This is good news, although Mahathir is super old.  We'll see if the coalition can hold.
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Re: Malaysia election: Mahathir Mohamad leads opposition to unexpected victory, ending 60-year Malay
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2018, 04:36:57 am »
At first, one thinks this is good news, a 92 year old man returning to a leadership role but I also read this:

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Malaysia’s new 92-year-old prime minister is proud anti-Semite
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JTA - Mahathir Mohamad, an avowed anti-Semite, was sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister, nearly two decades after he last held office.

Mohamad led his opposition Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) coalition to a surprise victory in national elections on Wednesday. On Thursday he took his oath of office before the king, Sultan Muhammad V.

Mohamad is known for his anti-Semitic rhetoric. He wrote on his personal blog in 2012 that “Jews rule this world by proxy,” The Associated Press reported.

Read more at: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245790
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Re: Malaysia election: Mahathir Mohamad leads opposition to unexpected victory, ending 60-year Malay
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2018, 06:57:51 am »
@TomSea  Unfortunately, that's more common than not ;(.
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Re: Malaysia election: Mahathir Mohamad leads opposition to unexpected victory, ending 60-year Malay
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2018, 12:57:40 am »
TomSea wrote:
"At first, one thinks this is good news, a 92 year old man returning to a leadership role but I also read this:"

C'mon, Tom, this is a muslim.
What do you expect?
Really... are you naive enough to expect otherwise?
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