2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis

First Transition and Collapse · Chronicle · 3 min read

Why Did Malaysia Have Three Prime Ministers in Three Years?

A Weak Prime Minister, A Bipartisan Memorandum, and the Anti-Hopping Law Accidentally Spawned by the Sheraton Move

After Muhyiddin lost his majority, Ismail Sabri became the third Prime Minister in 39 months. To stabilize the government, he signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Transformation and Political Stability with Pakatan Harapan; bipartisan cooperation pushed parliamentary reform and the anti-hopping constitutional amendment, showing that a weak government does not necessarily only bring paralysis.