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SPECIAL REPORT The absence of PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim and the passing of late PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, has left a literal hole in the heart of the opposition coalition.Their presence some say, was the only thing holding the former Pakatan Rakyat together since the 12th general election of 2008 (GE12).

This was noted by political pundits, with tomorrow’s first anniversary of the death of Nik Aziz being just two days away from the jailing of Anwar in the same year, after the Federal Court upheld the Court of Appeal’s overturning of his earlier acquittal for Sodomy II.

Analysts have the matched the downfall of Pakatan and the current near-deadlock facing the nascent pact that took its place, Pakatan Harapan, as originating from when the opposition lost these two venerable leaders, just days apart.

As of now, PKR struggles to moderate seat negotiations among its allies and the now ‘pariah’ PAS as the opposition parties squabble among themselves, while leaders in the party Anwar helped to set up are training their guns on one another, with factions struggling to gain power in the vacuum Anwar left behind...

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