Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is considering an early election to avoid potential spending cuts due to a growing fuel subsidy crisis. The current national vote is not due until 2028, but political factors are pushing for an earlier election.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is considering calling a snap election before a mounting fuel subsidy crisis forces him to make spending cuts that would strip him of the conditions needed to win one. A national vote is not due until early 2028, but the political logic of going early is becoming harder to dismiss. Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliance is fraying at the edges, coalition partner Barisan Nasional has announced it will contest the coming Johor state poll alone, and two of his....