12 Funniest Memes That Came Out Of The Hung Parliament Period
The parliament may be hung, but the memes aren't.
By Alia Kamelia — 24 Nov 2022, 05:16 PM
With the five-day hung parliament coming to an end, Malaysians are seeing the election of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the 10th Prime Minister.
Leading up to the triumphant decision, Malaysians have come up with several hilarious memes to cope with waiting.
Malaysians have been at the edge of their seats since Saturday, 19 November, when citizens cast their ballots to vote for their next leader this 15th General Election (GE15).
From the nail-biting vote tallying to a hung parliament, where coalitions were having secret meetings with one another, many Malaysians were in a spiral as to what the future held for Malaysia.
Well, to recap the last five days of hung parliament, let SAYS brighten up your day with the most hilarious general election memes courtesy of Malaysians who were tired of waiting for a decision.
As usual, these are just memes and therefore aren't meant to be taken seriously okay? Let's revisit some of the best memes that got us through the tough waiting period.
1. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pitted against Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin... in a K-pop music show comeback style. Talk about oppa material :P
2. The Queen's Gambit, except it stars Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin fighting over a game of (very) intense chess
4. The stark contrast between the younger generation politician and the older generation politician has us in tears
"The incumbent Muar seat is proficient in using social media tools for campaigning purposes," the narrator continues, "But he's gained some serious competition on TikTok." Cue Tan Sri Muhyiddin dancing to Alyph's SWIPE.
5. Datuk Seri Anwar can't even cut his hair in peace with Malaysians slowly turning into the ever-theorising Swiftie (Taylor Swift) fandom
6. Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional arriving at Istana Negara Camp Rock-style
7. "What's mean you sorry sorry?" PH dramatically asked BN. "Now you want to sorry me?"
As Malaysians witness BN going from denying any sort of coalition with PH to doing a 360 into agreeing on a unity government, Malaysian netizens perfectly encapsulated the events with this meme from Adnan Sempit.
7. Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim takes on the role of Regina George from Mean Girls as he witnesses the chaos all around him
8. From PN plus BN coalition to PN plus PH coalition, it's safe to say that we've definitely seen it all
11. While we waited for news of a coalition government, this netizen suggested a rather unique coalition combination instead
