If Anwar were to marry his leadership and charisma to the opposition’s newfound heft in the federal legislature – 82 MPs, compared with 20 in the last parliament – serious policy alternatives to the government’s might be expected. Until now, the opposition has chiefly acted as an irritant, and voters viewed debates as entertainment, rather than as exchanges that informed policy.
如果Anwar能将自己的领导力与个人魅力和反对派新获得的在联邦立法机构中实力—82名议员，较之上一届议会的20名—结合起来，就完全有可能推动与政府不同的政策主张。可直到现在反对派还主要作为执政联盟的刺激物，选民们将辩论看作娱乐，而不是有利于政策制定的思想交锋。