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Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok

In 2018, after the Malaysian 14th general election, the political realignment prompted the federal government to change its alliance from Barisan Nasional (BN) to another coalition named Pakatan Harapan (PH). However, PH's government only managed to serve for less than two years as the federal...

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Main Authors: Ivy, Jugah, Puyok, Arnold
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2021
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JA Political science (General)
Elections. Electoral systems. Voting
Administrative agencies. Politicians
JS Local government. Municipal government
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spelling my.uitm.ir.545382022-01-23T03:41:55Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54538/ Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok Ivy, Jugah Puyok, Arnold JA Political science (General) Elections. Electoral systems. Voting Administrative agencies. Politicians JS Local government. Municipal government In 2018, after the Malaysian 14th general election, the political realignment prompted the federal government to change its alliance from Barisan Nasional (BN) to another coalition named Pakatan Harapan (PH). However, PH's government only managed to serve for less than two years as the federal government when another political realignment happened again in early 2020, leading to the government's fall to the new Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. Malaysia, which practised federalism, faces a challenge because of the federal government's ongoing political turmoil. Sarawak has openly challenged the federal government over the last decade because of its decisiveness in national politics. After Malaysia's 14th general election in 2018, Sarawak became an opposition state for the first time, forming a new Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition called Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). Despite various controversial issues such as the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB), Malaysian Agreement 1963 (MA63), and oil and gas royalties used by opposition parties during campaigning periods, the Barisan Nasional political party remains strong, especially in Sarawak's rural areas. However, a sudden political realignment in the federal government will be very interesting to Malaysian politics, particularly in Sarawak, where the state election is scheduled for 2022. 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/54538/1/54538.pdf ID54538 Ivy, Jugah and Puyok, Arnold (2021) Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok. In: E-Proceeding 8th International Conference on Public Policy and Social Science (ICoPS) 2021.
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Elections. Electoral systems. Voting
Administrative agencies. Politicians
JS Local government. Municipal government
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Elections. Electoral systems. Voting
Administrative agencies. Politicians
JS Local government. Municipal government
Ivy, Jugah
Puyok, Arnold
Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok
description In 2018, after the Malaysian 14th general election, the political realignment prompted the federal government to change its alliance from Barisan Nasional (BN) to another coalition named Pakatan Harapan (PH). However, PH's government only managed to serve for less than two years as the federal government when another political realignment happened again in early 2020, leading to the government's fall to the new Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. Malaysia, which practised federalism, faces a challenge because of the federal government's ongoing political turmoil. Sarawak has openly challenged the federal government over the last decade because of its decisiveness in national politics. After Malaysia's 14th general election in 2018, Sarawak became an opposition state for the first time, forming a new Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition called Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). Despite various controversial issues such as the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB), Malaysian Agreement 1963 (MA63), and oil and gas royalties used by opposition parties during campaigning periods, the Barisan Nasional political party remains strong, especially in Sarawak's rural areas. However, a sudden political realignment in the federal government will be very interesting to Malaysian politics, particularly in Sarawak, where the state election is scheduled for 2022.
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author Ivy, Jugah
Puyok, Arnold
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Puyok, Arnold
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title Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok
title_short Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok
title_full Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok
title_fullStr Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok
title_full_unstemmed Political patronage in election: Impacts of the Coalition Change in Malaysian Federal Government on Sarawak's Politics / Ivy Jugah and Arnold Puyok
title_sort political patronage in election: impacts of the coalition change in malaysian federal government on sarawak's politics / ivy jugah and arnold puyok
publishDate 2021
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