In the shifting currents of Malaysian politics, opposition figure Hamzah Zainudin is quietly attempting what many have tried and few have achieved: persuading the country's two largest Malay-Muslim parties, PAS and Umno, to set aside their rivalries and govern as one. Working from his newly formed Parti Wawasan Negara, the veteran coalition architect is positioning himself not as a future prime minister but as the indispensable bridge between factions that together represent nearly 60 percent of Malaysia's population. With state elections in Melaka imminent and a national poll required by earl