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Bersih calls for emergency sitting of Parliament

KUCHING: The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) has urged Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to call for an emergency sitting of Parliament immediately to prove that he has support of the majority of MPs through a vote of confidence, and not wait till September. Any delay would prolong the political instability […]

Form shadow cabinet

KUCHING: The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) has called upon opposition parties to work together in forming a shadow cabinet at the federal and state levels to check and compete with the government of the day more effectively. The shadow cabinet, whether at federal or state level, will provide a healthy political […]

Aiming for effective, transparent electoral management

ROSE

KUCHING: A body called Rise of Social Efforts (ROSE) has expressed support for the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections’ (Bersih 2.0) proposal to split Malaysia’s electoral management body into three commissions with different jurisdictions and autonomies. The proposal was made based on a research report launched by Bersih 2.0 entitled “Three is Better Than […]

Bersih 2.0’s proposal needs proper study

KUCHING: The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections’ (Bersih 2.0) proposal to split Malaysia’s electoral management body into three commissions with different jurisdictions and autonomies would require proper and careful studies first, says political analyst Datuk Peter Minos. He said the current government must have a say in this as it would be the one […]

Split electoral management into three commissions

KUCHING: The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) has proposed that the electoral management body in Malaysia be split into three commissions with different jurisdictions and autonomies. They are Election Commission (EC), Electoral Enforcement Commission (EEC) and Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC). This proposal was made based on a study conducted by Chan Tsu […]

Bersih 2.0 reiterates call for political reforms

KUCHING: The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) hopes political leaders and parties will show maturity and put the people’s interest above all. The coalition of non-governmental organisations said this can be done by working towards institutional reforms to bring the country through the challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. It said the […]

Appointing unelected lawmakers will usurp democracy

KUCHING: The Coalition of Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) sees the appointment of up to five unelected members of the State Legislative Assembly of Pahang as an insidious attempt to usurp democracy and give unchecked power to the menteri besar (MB). By expanding the total number of members from 42 to 47, more than […]