Erased

• Barisan Nasional (BN) achieved a landslide victory in Johor, effectively erasing gains made by Pakatan Harapan (PH) as voters converged behind the coalition. • The surge was driven by voter perceptions of stability and visible development under the leadership of Onn Hafiz, turning the election into a referendum on his performance. • PH struggled to disrupt BN's momentum, as investment announcements and a sense of regional progress became politically dominant themes.

Billboards are being painted over and former allies seem eager to forget the man they once glorifiedFor years, his bewhiskered face stared down from propaganda billboards glorifying the supposedly revolutionary rule of a dictator who styled himself as “the protector of the people”.The spin-doctored adoration was such that factories churned out plastic action figures exalting Nicolás Maduro as an “indestructible” and “iron-fisted” caped crusader nicknamed “Super Moustache”. Continue reading...