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Malaysia's Umno calls for early election to consolidate Malay vote

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The president of Malaysia's United Malays National Organisation (Umno), Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, has called for an immediate general election. This move signals Umno's intention to consolidate the Malay vote by strengthening its alliance with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). The party aims to leverage recent state election successes to solidify its political position ahead of the next national election, which is not due until 2028. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Iman Muttaqin Yusof ·

    Umno seeks early Malaysian election to cement conservative Malay bloc

    Malaysia’s Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Friday called for the general election to be held immediately, in the once-dominant Malay party’s clearest indication yet that it was looking beyond the country’s current governing alliance ahead of the next election. The call comes…

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