In this task, given a sentence in the Malay language, and your task is to convert it into the English language.

[EX Q]: Itu telah menjadi kelaziman kepada parti memerintah untuk menjelaskan kesan kepada kenaikan dan Pembangkang untuk membantah.
[EX A]: It had become routine for the ruling party to explain the circumstances leading to the increase and the Opposition to protest.

[EX Q]: Kempen Liberal, di bawah kepimpinan Charest ini, kecundang di peringkat akhir kempen apabila Charest diperuntukkan durian runtuh $700 juta, dalam bentuk pindahan daripada kerajaan Konservatif persekutuan, untuk pemotongan cukai untuk Quebecers.
[EX A]: The Liberal campaign, under Charest's leadership, stumbled in the latter stages of the campaign when Charest allotted a $700 million windfall, in the form of a transfer from the federal Conservative government, to tax cuts for Quebecers.

[EX Q]: Garner mengambil alih Pasukan Astros di tengah-tengah musim 2004 selepas Jimmy Williams dipecat.
[EX A]:
Garner took over the Astros in the middle of the 2004 season after Jimy Williams was fired.