Malaysian Opposition Leader Says Ruling Coalition Members Willing to Defect

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says members of the country's ruling coalition are willing to defect and help form a new government.

Anwar said Wednesday that coalition lawmakers from Malaysia's eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak had contacted him about switching sides, a move that could help shift the power balance and unseat the government.

Anwar's three-party opposition coalition won more than a third of parliamentary seats and four states during the March 8 election.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi denied Anwar's claim that the ruling National Front coalition is falling apart and plagued by infighting.

His new 69-member Cabinet was sworn in Wednesday, nearly two weeks after the ruling coalition suffered major losses in the elections.

On Tuesday, the prime minister slashed the 90-member Cabinet in a bid to rejuvenate his administration.

Among those dropped was Home Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad. Radzi Wednesday resigned his posts as secretary-general of the National Front and head of the United Malays National Organization. The UMNO is the major party in the ruling coalition.

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  1. YB saya rasa orang melayu sudah lupa apa fungsi raja dan sultan? lihat saja apabila kit siang berckap untuk tidak hadir pelantikan MB perak orang melayu melenting! tapi beliau minta maaf. Ini apa jadi negeri penyu ini kurangn ajar, penderhaka ini kah islam hadari inikah yang UMNO yang nak merpertahankan hak orang melayu,DEB kalau dengan sultan sendiri tidak hormat inikan kita rakyat biasa. Bak kata perpatah mengata dulang paku serepih, mengata orang UMNO/BN lebih.. YB tolong jelaskan dan beritahu rakyat malaysia perkembangan ini.Dalam parlimen. Kalau orang MIC,MCA,UMNO atau sabah,sarawak ke nak masuk BA terimalah dengan tangan terbuka! Jangan beli sudahlah.

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