With voters deeply divided, will Anwar extend olive branch to PN?

After an intense divisive election with no clear winner and five days of political uncertainty, Pakatan Harapan’s Anwar Ibrahim has been appointed as prime minister.

While he is expected to lead a unity government, the country is deeply divided with tensions boiling between Harapan and Perikatan Nasional (PN) supporters.

PN supporters have been accused of being behind fear-mongering videos on Tiktok, including warning of another May 13 riot.

The palace’s announcement that Anwar would be prime minister today appeared to further aggravate the more hardline PN supporters, who warned that...