With all-important 6 state polls on the horizon, political analyst DR BRIDGET WELSH looks at the rise of PAS, evolving opposition towards the Islamist party, and what this could mean for national politics....
Proclamations on religion and ethnonationalism are being made, with the tension dialled up to 11. But amid reports of attempts to destabilise the current government, the bigger issue is that the challenges faced by the Malay community and Malaysia remain unaddressed....
The status quo politics of the party have less to do with the results, which point to internal differences, but the consistencies in how the party engages allies and holds onto an outdated conservative social policy agenda....