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Video / 10.10.2022

Consider This : GE15 (Part 1) – PM Dissolves Parliament, Calls Snap Polls

The announcement of the dissolution of Parliament today paves the way for GE15 to be held within 60 days, which is nine months earlier than the end of the full term. What can we expect at the starting blocks of GE15?...

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Articles / 13.08.2022

Against the Odds: Malaysia’s Stronger Parliament

Amid upheaval and uncertainty, and despite the presence of foul-mouthed politicians and a divisive speaker, Dr. Bridget Welsh argues that Malaysia’s Parliament has notched a number of important firsts. But can this period of democratic maturity last, and for how long?...

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Articles / 19.05.2020

Malaysia’s ‘theatre state’ – more losers than winners

Some point symbolically to the masks the parliamentarians were wearing as silencing their voices....

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Articles / 07.03.2020

Dissolution: Bubar menjadi bubur?

How the parties will fare should Parliament be dissolved....

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Bridget Welsh
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Bridget Welsh is currently Honorary Research Associate with the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute Malaysia (UoNARI-M) based in Kuala Lumpur. She is also a Senior Research Associate of the Hu Feng Center for East Asia Democratic Studies of National Taiwan University and a Senior Associate Fellow of The Habibie Center. She specializes in Southeast Asian politics, with a focus on Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Indonesia. She is committed to fostering engagement, mutual understanding and empowerment.

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