Kuala Lampur, June 11 -- Fascinating does not entirely encapsulate the insane stratagems underway in Johor and Negeri Sembilan's elections.

Granted they are extensions of national anxieties accelerated by these assembly polls.

The Election Commission (EC) meets tomorrow, June 12, to decide polling day, most likely around the World Cup final on July 20.

An overarching theme to the elections is identity politics and its grip on our national politics.

The July vote counts will put to bed the notion, or not, that race gets an outsized say still in 2026 Malaysia.

A litmus test of how far the country has come, and whether the spirit of 2022 reemerges.

It's loud out there. The key developments involve the Perikatan Nasional's (PN) existent...