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.