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...take responsibility for the ruling coalition's humiliating performance in polls earlier this year. But Abdullah hasn't specified exactly when he might hand over the reins to his deputy, Najib Razak, even though the government's popularity figures are languishing at a record low. Meanwhile, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, whose People's Alliance did surprisingly well in the March elections, boasts that he has lured enough defectors from the governing alliance to form a new government. But despite promising to unveil his new team in mid-September, Anwar hasn't shown the goods yet. As the political standoff heightens...
...doubts that Malaysian politics are about to undergo a sea change. The only questions are when and how - and those are big questions in a country that is trying to secure its status as a model Muslim-majority democracy. Will Anwar - a man who once served as deputy prime minister until he had a political falling-out with his mentor and spent six years in jail - be able to bring down a ruling coalition that has governed Malaysia since independence? Or will Najib - the current deputy premier whose reputation has been tainted by the murder trial of his former advisor...
...Anwar is facing his own legal troubles. On Sept. 24, a court case against him, in which a male former aide accused his ex-employer of sodomy, was adjourned until Oct. 7. The charge was the same as one that landed Anwar in jail a decade ago. In 2004, that sex conviction was overturned. This time around, Anwar again denies any wrongdoing and says the allegations are retribution for his political resurrection. Certainly, Anwar's comeback has been remarkable. In late August, he won a by-election for a parliamentary seat in a landslide, placing him in position to become...
...Malaysia Anwar Resurgent...
Oppostion leader Anwar Ibrahim won a seat in Parliament on Aug. 26 by a landslide, cementing his political comeback after spending six years in jail on a sodomy conviction that was later overturned. The former Deputy Prime Minister aims to form a new ruling coalition but must face trial on further sodomy charges, which he says were concocted by the government...