00:01Malaysians have become more open to post-election political alliances,
00:05especially those involving traditional rivals, because of political realignments since 2018, say analysts.
00:12Among the realignments which analyst Asro Hadi Abdullah Sani found notable
00:17was that of former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad sharing a platform with DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang in 2016
00:25and the Sheraton move of 2020, which led to the collapse of the first Pakatan Harappan government.
00:32Asro said such realignments have reinforced the distinction between elections and the formation of governments.
00:38Asro's comments came in response to remarks by civil society group Project Sama,
00:44which said that no major coalition can credibly claim the moral high ground
00:48as most parties have cooperated with rivals at one time or another.
00:53Wang Chinhuan of Sunway University said coalition governments had become an inevitable reality
00:59in Malaysia's fragmented political landscape.
01:02He said the room for moral grandstanding would shrink as voters became more politically aware
01:07and understood how coalition politics worked.
01:11Natasha Bust, FMT
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