Pakatan Harapan Loses Control of Negeri Sembilan State
2 sources across 2 countries · Hong Kong · Japan
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- South China Morning Post
- The Japan Times
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH), lost control of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan on Saturday. PH won 11 of the state's 36 seats, a decrease from the 17 seats it held in 2023. The Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition secured 18 seats, while Perikatan Nasional (PN) took seven. In a significant blow to the ruling coalition's largest party, the Democratic Action Party (DAP), party chief Anthony Loke lost the Chennah seat which he had represented for 13 years. This result follows previous losses for PH in Sabah last November and in Johor three weeks ago. The center lean coverage frames the loss as a source of doubt regarding the prime minister's standing before the next general election. The center right lean coverage frames the event as an embarrassing run of three straight defeats that forces the coalition to confront the cost of governing with former rivals.
How each side framed it
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- The event is framed as a challenge to the prime minister's future political standing.
- Centre-right
- The event is framed as an embarrassing failure resulting from the coalition's decision to govern with former opponents.
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