He says UMNO maintained power for years by giving special treatment to its core constituency - ethnic Muslim Malays, who make up 60 percent of the population.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

That created a big constituency in favor of a dumb change. There was little warning.

这造就了一种悄无声息的变化,没有人提出警告。

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"Israel will be left with the choice of saying 'no' both to the United States and to the Palestinians, and to the Arab world, or to say 'yes' and confront the settlers and his constituency,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

"I think what's going on here is Mr.Zardari attempting to convey to his constituency back home that the political leadership, as well as the military leadership, is able to convey Pakistan's interests, is able to defend Pakistan's interests as well as anyone else, and certainly the prerogative of defending those interests does not lie with the military."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06