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Articles / 24.02.2020

The day the Harapan government died

With different interests abounding, there is also no guarantee of stability with the new Muafakat coalition…...

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Articles, News & Commentary / 13.05.2016

Victory and insecurity: Sarawak results and trajectories

Taken from New Mandala With the ‘landslide’ results of the Sarawak election last week, it would appear on the surface that Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has been given a political reprieve. His close ally Sarawak’s Chief Minister Adenan Satem secured an overwhelming majority of 72 out of 82 seats,...

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Articles, News & Commentary / 07.05.2016

A ‘fixed’ result – Sarawak’s electoral distortions

As Sarawakians head to the polls today, it is important to understand that the BN-created electoral constituencies in the state will significantly impact the result. Malaysia’s non-independent Electoral Commission (EC) has staked the system in its favour in how it has delineated and recently redrawn the state’s electoral boundaries....

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Articles, News & Commentary / 06.05.2016

It’s raining money in Sarawak

From projects and vote-buying to patronage and betting, money politics in Sarawak is raining everywhere. But, as Bridget Welsh reports, there is little concern for the long-term damages as candidates and voters seek to cash in....

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Articles, News & Commentary / 05.05.2016

Stopping ‘change’: Sarawak’s electoral battlegrounds

Bridget Welsh on the the slowly-shifting sands of the Sarawak political landscape and what it means for the 7 May election....

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Articles, News & Commentary / 03.05.2016

‘Same old’ in Sarawak campaign

Billed as one of the most important elections in the Malaysian state’s history, Sarawak heads to the polls on 7 May. But the campaign has sent confusing messages and failed to inspire voters, reports Bridget Welsh....

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News & Commentary / 25.05.2006

Sarawak at the crossroads

In a decisive victory, the opposition won eight seats (excluding one independent seat) in the May 20 polls, a record not seen in Sarawak since the 1987 elections and in Chinese areas since the 1974 polls....

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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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