‘Anwar’s last stand’? Johor poll puts Malaysia’s long-time opposition chief to the test

For weeks, the intensifying backbiting within Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan opposition alliance ahead of an impending state poll in Johor had supporters and analysts alike wondering if the event would mark the beginning of the end for the bloc.On social media and in media commentaries, lower-level lieutenants of the alliance’s three constituent parties sniped at each other over various issues, from seat allocations, the leadership of the bloc’s chief Anwar Ibrahim and the use of a common symbol…