In GE15, a younger set waits to win


Jahabar Sadiq

In GE15, a new set of voters will likely vote their peers to take over in a change as profound as the 1982 elections that introduced a young Anwar Ibrahim to the masses. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, October 10, 2022.

WHEN Parliament is dissolved as early as today, history will be set as a new set of voters will likely vote their peers to take over in a change as profound as the 1982 elections that introduced a young Anwar Ibrahim to the masses. 

That was 40 years ago when the Dewan Rakyat had 154 seats and Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Barisan Nasional (BN) won the lion’s share of 132 seats. Now there are 222 seats and BN is a pale shadow of itself. 


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