Kuala Lumpur, Nov 23 (EFE).- Malaysia’s tight election results on Saturday, without the coalition achieving a sufficient majority to form a government, prolonged the “sine die” crisis in the country, which has had three prime ministers since then. 2018 and now depends on the hinge match and the decision of the king.

King Abdullah of Pahang has been holding meetings since Sunday with leaders of the main coalition and key parties who could determine the winner, after which the opposition Pakatan Harapan (Pakta Harapan) and the conservative Perikatan Nasional (Persekutuan Nasional) winners are due to be held. claimed.

The final tally of votes left Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) with 82 and 73 seats respectively, far short of the 112 needed for an absolute majority, while the formation of the current prime minister, Barisan Nasional (BN), Ismail Sabri Yaakob, suffered a historic defeat by gaining only 30 seats.

After BN’s refusal to back one of the two coalitions with the most seats to form a government during a meeting with the king, he summoned the country’s other sultans today for a meeting on Thursday morning to discuss options.

Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy in which nine of the thirteen states and three territories are governed by a sultan, who succeeds one another on the throne every five years according to the rotating system governing the country, which became independent from Britain in 1957 and constituted a federation of Malaysia in 1957. 1963.

Raja also met today with the leader of the Sarawak Joint Party (GPS), which won 23 seats and usually supports the party with the most votes in the state of its name, in a frenzied meeting to ensure that the final decision is the one supported by the majority.

There is no deadline for this to happen, although political instability and an economic crisis have forced a government to be formed in the nation of 32.78 million people and a Muslim majority, plunged into limbo since the reign of Mahathir Mohamad. collapsed in 2018.

Then, what was a promise of change, was the first time the opposition, with Mahathir leading PH, defeated the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in the country’s history, giving way to a period of high instability with the other two premiers. minister since the resignation of the nonagenarian.

Prolonged crisis without negotiations between the parties has not produced results.

The electoral defeat of the hitherto ruling coalition, BN, and therefore UMNO, confirmed the defenestration of formations that had been in state control until 2018, and which had lost influence in large part due to corruption scandals within their ranks. .

Billionaire embezzlement fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), in particular, dug up the group’s political grave and has put former Prime Minister Najib Razak behind bars.

More than 900 candidates are contesting 220 seats (officially 222, although elections for two were postponed due to the death of a candidate and flooding in both constituencies) in Malaysia’s nearest election. EFE

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