Just over a month after a large rally in
Kuala Lumpur to demand clean and fair elections rattled Malaysia’s
ruling elite, Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced that a bipartisan
parliamentary select committee will be set up to review the electoral
system. The move comes as Najib’s government faces rising pressures on
several political fronts, including a speculated challenge to his
leadership from inside his own party.
Najib’s announcement has been interpreted as an attempt to placate disquiet about the integrity of the electoral process before the next general election, which must be held before mid-2013, and to prevent any repeat protest rally to press home the demands. The political opposition has claimed elections are structurally set up to favor the long-ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Full article in Asia Times.
Najib’s announcement has been interpreted as an attempt to placate disquiet about the integrity of the electoral process before the next general election, which must be held before mid-2013, and to prevent any repeat protest rally to press home the demands. The political opposition has claimed elections are structurally set up to favor the long-ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Full article in Asia Times.
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