Low turnout at Turun Anwar rally ironic success for unity govt, says analyst

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USM’s Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid says the government can take credit for allowing the rally to proceed as proof of democracy in Malaysia.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/07/27/low-turnout-at-turun-anwar-rally-ironic-success-for-unity-govt-says-analyst  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/07/27/kehadiran-rendah-himpunan-turun-anwar-kejayaan-buat-kerajaan-perpaduan-kata-penganalisis  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp= Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #TurunAnwar #Rally

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00:00The low turnout at the Turun Anwar rally could ironically be seen as a success for the unity

00:04government as it allowed the event to proceed showcasing democratic freedom in Malaysia,

00:10says University Science Malaysia analyst Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid. Police estimated about 18,000

00:16attendees, while organizers, past youth, claimed over 200,000, far below the expected 300,000 to

00:23500,000. In contrast, the 2018 anti-ISERD rally saw over 30,000 participants.

00:30Meanwhile, James Chin of the University of Tasmania called the rally a failure, noting the absence

00:35of major NGOs and describing it as basically a perikata nasional rally. Six NGOs, Berseh,

00:43C4 Center, Ideas, Project Sama, Kusakomas, and Transparency International Malaysia denied endorsing

00:50the protest, saying their meeting with opposition leader Hamza Zainuddin was only about institutional

00:55reform. Fauzi also criticized the opposition's lack of a clear alternative to Anwar, pointing

01:01to internal divisions in PN over leadership. He also warned the unity government not to

01:06underestimate the rally's significance, especially the potential impact of disappointed

01:11non-Malay voters in future elections.

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