KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) announced on Sunday it was leaving Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's ruling ...
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The youth-centric MUDA has just one elected lawmaker and its move to quit will not affect the government alliance's stability, but could deny Anwar a two-thirds majority in parliament - a necessity for passing constitutional amendments and other key reforms. Anwar has maintained that the move to drop the case, which triggered a widespread public backlash, was made without his interference.
"As a result of the decision, MUDA believes the legal institutions of the country have been tainted and it is as if the government is normalising the culture of corruption," the party said in a statement Sunday.
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