期刊名称：International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities
印刷版ISSN：2250-0715
电子版ISSN：2248-9010
出版年度：2012
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：126-132
出版社：International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities
摘要：The 13th General Election (GE) draws close towards all the contesting parties. Even though the Prime Minister is still being secretive and full off riddle about the actual date of the GE,the signs of GE nearing Malaysians are very strong. Among them were the 2010 BN Convention and the closed meeting between Najib and all the BN Parliamentary Members had indicated the obvious of the looming GE. On the BN side, spirit is high as they had won few small elections, riding the momentum of changes brought by Najib Tun Razak. On the Opposition Coalition (Known as Pakatan Rakyat), they will be tested again as the ruling government compared as an opposition force in previous GE. 13th GE is expected to be one of the toughest and most open general elections when both sides have an equal amount of chances. The question is will the kind of strategies implemented and issues brought up will be accepted by the people. This study will look on the opportunities, chances and challenges face by both BN and Pakatan Rakyat in the upcoming 13th GE based on content analysis and few main issues that occurred in the period of 2008-2012.
关键词：General election; Democracy; New politics; Plural society; Political hegemony.
