Malaysia Election Preview Analysis WEB
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- Malaysia Election Preview Analysis WEB
- November 15, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV-Malaysia Election Preview Analysis HEADLINE: Tight Race as Malaysia’s General Election Approaches TEASER: Election Day might not bring a clear winner PUBLISHED AT: 11/14/2022 9:15AM BYLINE: Dave Grunebaum DATELINE: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia VIDEOGRAPHER: Dave Grunebaum PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: MPage, MAS VIDEO SOURCES: VOA Original, agency video PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV X RADIO ___ TRT: 2:42 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: There is an accompanying web article, and photos for a slideshow)) (INTRO) [[Malaysian voters go to the polls November 19th. It’s a highly competitive race in a country that has not had political stability for several years. Dave Grunebaum gives us a preview.]] ((NARRATOR)) Across the country, Malaysia’s candidates and political parties make their pitches. From rallies to coffee table conversations, it’s obvious election day is near but there might not be a clear winner right after the votes are counted. ((Heikal Rosnan, Bower Group Asia)) “A very potential scenario of the election outcome is actually sort of like a hung parliament, where you have each coalition [that] doesn’t have enough seats to actually form a government. I think the immediate aftermath of that is that these coalitions will start horse-trading... talking to each other and trying to form a coalition or coalition of sorts.” ((Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Center for Opinion Research)) “We’ve had regular elections for more than 60-years now in Malaysia and I think it’s never been as competitive as this particular election.” ((NARRATOR)) Ibrahim Suffian, programs director at the Malaysia-based Merdeka Center for Opinion Research, says the three major coalitions all have populist policies but there are differences in the image each one portrays. ((Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Center for Opinion Research)) “The oldest party, Barisan Nasional or National Front, takes on a conservative nationalistic ideology supporting the Malay agenda, Indigenous Malay population agenda.” “The second coalition is Perikatan Nasional or National Alliance. This is a newly formed coalition that has as its core, a splinter party from Barisan Nasional and also the Malaysian Islamic Party.” “The third coalition, which is the traditional opposition coalition, is Pakatan Harapan —the Alliance of Hope. This particular coalition has more social democratic leanings so slightly left of center, multiracial in its outlook so not favoring any particular community but strongly supported by the minorities in Malaysia.” ((NARRATOR)) In 2018, an opposition alliance won the general election for the first time since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957, but two-years later that alliance collapsed due to defections. The country has had four Prime Minsters during the past five-years. One, Najib Razak, who left office in 2018, is now serving a 12-year prison sentence following a 2020 conviction on charges connected to a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal. The country is currently struggling with inflation as it tries to rebuild a pandemic-battered economy. ((Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Center for Opinion Research)) “The most important thing on the mind of voters is basically cost of living issues because wages haven’t grown. The second issue is governance, the issue of corruption and the issue of government transparency. The third area is political uncertainty in the context of who’s going to run the country.” ((NARRATOR)) An election just days away that currently has no clear winner in sight. Dave Grunebaum for VOA News Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV-Malaysia Election Preview Analysis HEADLINE: Tight Race as Malaysia’s General Election Approaches TEASER: Election Day might not bring a clear winner PUBLISHED AT: 11/14/2022 9:15AM BYLINE: Dave Grunebaum DATELINE: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia VIDEOGRAPHER: Dave Grunebaum PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: MPage, MAS VIDEO SOURCES: VOA Original, agency video PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV X RADIO ___ TRT: 2:42 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: There is an accompanying web article, and photos for a slideshow)) (INTRO) [[Malaysian voters go to the polls November 19th. It’s a highly competitive race in a country that has not had political stability for several years. Dave Grunebaum gives us a preview.]] ((NARRATOR)) Across the country, Malaysia’s candidates and political parties make their pitches. From rallies to coffee table conversations, it’s obvious election day is near but there might not be a clear winner right after the votes are counted. ((Heikal Rosnan, Bower Group Asia)) “A very potential scenario of the election outcome is actually sort of like a hung parliament, where you have each coalition [that] doesn’t have enough seats to actually form a government. I think the immediate aftermath of that is that these coalitions will start horse-trading... talking to each other and trying to form a coalition or coalition of sorts.” ((Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Center for Opinion Research)) “We’ve had regular elections for more than 60-years now in Malaysia and I think it’s never been as competitive as this particular election.” ((NARRATOR)) Ibrahim Suffian, programs director at the Malaysia-based Merdeka Center for Opinion Research, says the three major coalitions all have populist policies but there are differences in the image each one portrays. ((Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Center for Opinion Research)) “The oldest party, Barisan Nasional or National Front, takes on a conservative nationalistic ideology supporting the Malay agenda, Indigenous Malay population agenda.” “The second coalition is Perikatan Nasional or National Alliance. This is a newly formed coalition that has as its core, a splinter party from Barisan Nasional and also the Malaysian Islamic Party.” “The third coalition, which is the traditional opposition coalition, is Pakatan Harapan —the Alliance of Hope. This particular coalition has more social democratic leanings so slightly left of center, multiracial in its outlook so not favoring any particular community but strongly supported by the minorities in Malaysia.” ((NARRATOR)) In 2018, an opposition alliance won the general election for the first time since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957, but two-years later that alliance collapsed due to defections. The country has had four Prime Minsters during the past five-years. One, Najib Razak, who left office in 2018, is now serving a 12-year prison sentence following a 2020 conviction on charges connected to a multi-billion-dollar graft scandal. The country is currently struggling with inflation as it tries to rebuild a pandemic-battered economy. ((Ibrahim Suffian, Merdeka Center for Opinion Research)) “The most important thing on the mind of voters is basically cost of living issues because wages haven’t grown. The second issue is governance, the issue of corruption and the issue of government transparency. The third area is political uncertainty in the context of who’s going to run the country.” ((NARRATOR)) An election just days away that currently has no clear winner in sight. Dave Grunebaum for VOA News Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date November 15, 2022 09:21 EST
- Byline Dave Grunebaum
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America