Malaysia’s ruling party dropped several key allies of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from its election candidate list, signalling an emerging power struggle within the leadership ahead of a national poll this month.
United Malays National Organisation President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi left out eight ministers and deputy ministers from the candidate list of the Barisan Nasional coalition that the party leads. The coalition is contesting 166 of the 222 seats in federal parliament for the Nov 19 elections.
