Elections: Exclusive and inclusive, or elusive and divisive

John Stuart Mill’s seminal treatise Representative Government published in 1861 argues for an ideal form of government that is not obsessed with making laws, but instead suggests that parliaments and senates, as representative bodies of the people, are best suited to be places for public debates on the various opinions held by the general population […]

Ordinances automatically lapse on Aug 1

KUCHING: The provisions in the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021 in respect of the Election of Parliament, the Election of the State Legislative Assembly, parliamentary sitting and sitting of the State Legislative Assembly will automatically lapse once the Emergency expires on Aug 1. This simply means the Sarawak State Assembly which was supposed to have […]