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Share Power, Revenue And Jurisdictions With The States And Local Government


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--On 9 May, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow urged the formation of a federal-state relations commission to study the working relationship between Putrajaya and various states, especially on issues under the federal government’s jurisdiction.

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Who Says UMNO Is Sure To Form The Next Government

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia--There has been a sense of hopelessness among many opposition leaders and supporters, and the wider Malaysian population. It is as if we are waiting for the inevitable, that UMNO, in its unreformed and unrepentant form led by the Court Cluster, in particular Dato’ Seri Najib Razak and Dato’ Seri Zahid Hamidi, is going to win the next general election on its terms.

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Umno-BN’s Political Comeback And The State Of Democracy In Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--In 2000 when the Institutional Revolutionary Party, better known by its acronym PRI, lost the presidential election in Mexico after 70 years of unbroken rule, analysts heralded the outcome as the country’s dawning of democracy.

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