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Article: Mahathir down but not out.
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- Business Asia
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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A "mortally wounded" Dr Mahathir Mohamed still has the personal drive -- plus the political advantage of a Malaysian electoral gerrymander -- to win a likely early election in May, according to the nation's leading political commentator.
Mr Jomo Kwame Sundaram, regarded as one of South East Asia's leading analysts, said Malaysia's middle class remained faithful to Dr Mahathir because there was a "perception that he had contributed to an improvement of the country's economic situation".
He said this support was likely to hold, notwithstanding controversial capital controls and the furore over the sacking of former deputy leader Mr Anwar Ibrahim.
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