Their more recent effort to join forces against their enemy, the Barisan Nasional coalition, was successful.

他们最近联合起来对抗对手国阵联盟(the Barisan Nasional coalition)的努力是成功的。

Whether that is true or not, it is certain that the ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional, has huge inbuilt advantages.

不管是否真的有舞弊，可以肯定的是，执政联盟国民阵线有巨大的固有优势。

Sadly, however, he presided over an ugly campaign by his United Malays National Organisation, UMNO, the main component of Barisan.

但遗憾的是，在由他所属的政党、国民阵线的主要成员——马来民族统一机构（简称“巫统”）主导的这次丑陋选举中，他是主持者。

Add in an obsequious mainstream media, and it is rather remarkable that so many Barisan Nasional campaigners still felt the need to resort to blatant vote-buying.

再加上主流媒体的谄媚奉承，竟然还有那么多国民阵线竞选人员觉得仍有必要采取贿选这种明目张胆的做法，实在是不可思议。