00:00A political analyst foresees shifting alliances to be a mainstay in and after the next general election,
00:08with political parties keeping their options open in the face of another hung parliament.
00:14While key alliances have been forged since 2022,
00:18Ahmad Fauzi Abdulhamid of University Science Malaysia said every party will be hoping to hedge their bets
00:24in order to at least have a hand in forming the government after G16.
00:30He said this could lead to sworn enemies joining hands to govern the country,
00:34much as the current partnership of longtime rivals, ABNO and DAP, in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government.
00:41Fauzi added that the situation would be similar to the state elections in Sabah,
00:46where post-election negotiations are often seen as holding more importance than electoral PACs.
00:52James Chin of the University of Tasmania believes that the fallout of the Iran war
00:57threw a spanner in the works of the government's election plans,
01:01particularly to hold a SNAP G16 this year.
01:05He said the impact of high crude oil prices on inflation would deter Anwar from calling for the polls,
01:12adding that this was a bigger political risk than the domestic factors.
01:17Chin said Anwar's choices were either delaying the elections in hopes of the war ending soon,
01:22or holding it sooner rather than later if the conflict's impact is expected to last until the year-end.
01:30Narantharaja, FMT.
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