COMMENT | Could Malaysian politics finally be reaching puberty?
COMMENT | There is something about this coming general election that just seems a little bit off. It could be because it is some sort of a snap election before the actual five-year term is over and also the fact that it would seem that caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was pressured into dissolving Parliament by his Umno superiors.
It could also be because of voter and political fatigue. In the last four years, we have seen too much instability and infighting that we are just sick and tired of it. We saw this happening after the 2013 general election when Pakatan Rakyat had won the popular vote but lost the election. Remember the Black 505 rally?
But it could also be because...
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