Will its putative leader, Anwar Ibrahim, seek to better Malaysia ahead of settling scores?
He will face opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in what is expected to be a tightly-contested race.
BBC: Malaysian PM Najib Razak paves way for general election
There were rumors of discord between the premier, Mahathir Mohamad, and his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim.
This is the same Anwar Ibrahim who had once been at the heart of the Malaysian establishment.
After a brief handshake from his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, the PM sat down and wiped his eyes.
The police chief and the prisoner in question were, of course, Rahim Noor and Anwar Ibrahim respectively.
There are all these people who are willing to come together under the leadership of Anwar Ibrahim.
Chaired by either Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad or Deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim, it would coordinate inter-state water distribution effectively.
Beside him was Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who has a beard and whose wife is always conservatively attired.
Nor, come to that, does Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia, or his deputy, presumed successor and perhaps rival, Anwar Ibrahim.
The prime minister seems to be parting company not just with foreigners but also with his long-time deputy, Anwar Ibrahim.
Asiaweek has been recording the fraying relationship between Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his deputy Anwar Ibrahim since 1996.
So the government of Prime Minister Najib Razak stands, even as his bitter rival Anwar Ibrahim claims foul and foments street demonstrations.
The delegation was scheduled to hold talks with several Malaysian parties, including opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and officials from the election commission.
Kuala Lumpur was buzzing Monday when a key prosecution witness in the Anwar Ibrahim corruption trial appeared to contradict his earlier testimony.
In Malaysia, Wan Azizah Ismail leads a party formed after the jailing of her husband, Anwar Ibrahim, a former deputy prime minister.
What future then for Dr Wan Azizah, the wife of Anwar Ibrahim, formerly Malaysia's deputy prime minister and now its most famous convict?
He failed to quell rumours that all is not well between himself and his hitherto more sensible finance minister and deputy, Anwar Ibrahim.
Challenger Anwar Ibrahim leads a coalition of three opposition parties: his Parti Keadilan Rakyat, and the Islamist Parti Agama SeMalaysia and the Democratic Action Party.
BBC: Malaysian PM Najib Razak paves way for general election
The process is already under way in Malaysia, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad indicated that his capable deputy, Mr. Anwar Ibrahim, would "soon" succeed him.
Dr Mahathir's authoritarian ways and the treatment of his former deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, who has been in prison since 1998, helped to trigger the exodus.
Mr Cook had said much the same a few days earlier in meetings with Malaysia's foreign minister, Abdullah Badawi, and the deputy prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim.
But this time, expectations had been for a narrow victory at best for Prime Minister Najib Razak, who fended off the challenge by the charismatic Anwar Ibrahim with some room to spare.
She has also extended a public podium to Wan Azizah Ismail, who--shades of the young Cory--is struggling to fill the political shoes of her jailed husband, Malaysia's ex-Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
They included not just Anwar Ibrahim, jailed and beaten up, but his actual successor, Abdullah Badawi, against whom he railed in his blog, having the satisfaction of seeing him unseated last year.
The Monday after Mahathir spoke, it took heavy buying by state-run investment funds -- and deft explaining by Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim -- to keep the Kuala Lumpur market afloat.
And Mahathir's designated successor, Deputy PM and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim, is -- by his own admission -- the target of a nasty and unrelenting campaign that, among other things, accuses him of sexual indiscretions.
Many believed Mr Zahid was speaking for Anwar Ibrahim, Dr Mahathir's deputy, some of whose supporters are impatient for him to take over the top job (but deny he had any say in Mr Zahid's speech).
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