{
  "id": 1239798,
  "title": "Malaysia’s DAP votes overwhelmingly to stay on in Cabinet, offering reprieve to PM Anwar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/malaysias-dap-votes-overwhelmingly-to-stay-on-in-cabinet-offering",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T09:14:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-dap-congress-anthony-loke-government-6322111"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nearly all members of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) voted at its congress to keep its Cabinet ministers in Malaysia's unity government, sparing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim from the possibility of calling an early general election. Delegates at the congress in Putrajaya resolved to keep the five full ministers and seven deputy ministers in their posts. Of the 2,106 secret ballots cast, 1,857 voted to stay, while 242 wanted the ministers to leave their positions. There were seven ballots that were spoiled. The vote came after the DAP suffered a poor showing in the November 2025 Sabah state election, where it lost all eight contested seats. The congress was initially scheduled for July 12 but was postponed due to the Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections, which reduced DAP's seat count from 10 to six and 11 to nine in Johor and Negeri Sembilan, respectively. If the DAP had withdrawn from the Cabinet, it would have endangered Anwar's administration and potentially prompted an early election. The DAP has 32 ministers in Malaysia's Cabinet, which also includes 30 deputy ministers.",
  "summary": "Nearly nine in 10 voted at the Democratic Action Party’s congress for its ministers to stay on in the Cabinet.",
  "key_points": [
    "Nearly all DAP members voted to keep Cabinet ministers in posts.",
    "1,857 delegates voted to stay, 242 wanted ministers to leave.",
    "Vote came after DAP's poor showing in Sabah state election."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "DAP votes to stay in cabinet, ending uncertainty over role in MADANI Government",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/dap-votes-to-stay-in-cabinet-ending-uncertainty-over-role-in-madani",
        "published": "2026-08-16T09:11:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}