Anwar's states of the nation: Six elections, one future?

Elections in six Malaysian states on 12 August are being billed as a referendum on Anwar Ibrahim's leadership less than a year after he led a federal unity government to power.  
 
But the elections represent more than just a test for Anwar. They will be a critical pointer of the strength of Islamist and Malay nationalist parties and will provide a signpost of whether multi-ethnic and religious Malaysia can pursue the politics of plurality and inclusion.   
 
Asialink has assembled a panel of leading scholars to assess the election outcomes, the trends in political and social order they will reveal, and their impact on Anwar's prime ministership. 

Speaker: 

• Prof James Chin of the University of Tasmania, 
• Dr Wan Rohila Ganti of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), 
• Dr Pauline Leong of Sunway University 
• Wathshlah Naidu, the Centre for Independent Journalism. 

Moderating the discussion will be leading journalist and author Kean Wong.