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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Malaysia’s politics is heating up again. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claims that he will create a new government because he has overthrown the government of Muhyiddin Yassin.
Anwar said he had obtained a “large majority” of MPs to form the new government. He will even meet with the King of Malaysia, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, to formalize his appointment as prime minister.
But who is Anwar Ibrahim?
Anwar is a controversial Malay politician. Born in Bukit Mertajam on August 10, 1947, he was deputy prime minister during the period 1993-1998.
Anwar also served as Malaysia’s Finance Minister from 1991 to 1998 when he was a member of the United Malaysia National Organization (UMNO), a major party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition that was in power at the time.
This 73-year-old man has also served as leader of the 12-16 Opposition from May 2020 and from August 2008 to March 2015. Currently, Anwar is the second president of the People’s Justice Party (PKR) and leader of Pakatan Harapan. (PH) opposition coalition. Anwar has also been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Port Dickson since 2018.
However, Anwar was imprisoned for a sodomy scandal and was dishonorably discharged on September 2, 1998. Anwar filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad charged with defamation for allegedly making immoral accusations and calling Anwar a homosexual at a conference. press in Malaysia.
At the time, some international observers said that Anwar was imprisoned due to his dispute with Mahathir due to the crisis that hit Malaysia in 1997 earlier.
On September 2, 2004, Anwar was released by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. He continued his political career through the Justice Party (PK) and the Malaysian opposition group, which participated in the general elections of 2008 and 2013. He was the leader of the opposition from 2008 to 2015.
A few years later, exactly on July 16, 2008, Anwar was arrested again on sodomy charges against one of his personal assistants, Saiful Bukhari Azlan, but was released a day later after posting bail.
Anwar’s name reappeared after he said he had been betrayed by his political colleagues in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition in early 2020. This, of course, managed to dissipate Anwar’s hopes of serving as Malaysia’s prime minister.
But months later, Anwar returned and even claimed control of parliament. With a majority of votes, Muhyiddin Yasin is no longer prime minister.
“Currently, with the amount I have, Muhyiddin is no longer prime minister,” he said.
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