KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The slow pace of reforms, opacity in governance, and a notable departure from election promises were the driving factors behind electoral watchdog...
Beyond Chinese flatbreads, Da Niu Bake Pie’s new shop also offers ‘mala’ flavoured ‘hurry mee’ and handmade ‘mui choy’ pork ‘onigiri’File picture of placards during a Bersih press conference at its headquarters in Petaling Jaya, February 7, 2024. On Saturday, Bersih announced the gathering at Parliament to push the political coalitions in power to deliver on previously promised demands.
“I think among the progressives and reform-minded in this country, there is the heavy feeling that the pace for reform, if any, does not proceed fast enough for their liking, so they would like to vent their frustration in a dramatic albeit peaceful manner,” said Oh Ei Sun a senior fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.On Saturday, Bersih announced the gathering at Parliament to push the political coalitions in power to deliver on previously promised demands.
“I think they’ve lost their mojo and are using the Najib and Zahid cases to raise their profile again. As to their direction when it comes to what the public really want, championing parliamentary reforms is not the way forward in my opinion. They need to change it up a little bit. “It would be good to have at least a timeline or a roadmap on how the reforms they pledged in their manifesto was going to be done. Right now, we only hear things but there’s no proof to back it up. That’s why the short march was to put some pressure on the government to highlight and debate these reform agenda from the offset instead of it being business as usual in Parliament.
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