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democracy towards a new malaysia about this blog rss subscribe rss feed towards a new malaysia ideas thoughts for nation building browsing all posts tagged under democracy how not to elect a dictator january 25 2026 0 if you ever wondered how democracies can accidentally elect dictators good news history has left us a very clear instruction manual it is not hidden it is not complicated time and again democracies keep electing strongmen who couldn t care less about the rule of law human rights or even democracy itself who s next after venezuela january 6 2026 0 donald trump s military action against venezuela constitute not only a violation of venezuela s sovereignty but a direct assault on the international order that has governed global relations since the end of the second world war it is imperialism why institutional reforms matter december 31 2025 0 as we approach the 16th general election ge16 in less than two years time it s worth reflecting on a question many malaysians are quietly asking what happened to the institutional reforms we were promised when the people voted for change in 2018 and again in 2022 it wasn t just about swapping leaders or political parties the guardrails of democracy november 18 2025 0 the guardrails of democracy in my earlier article is democracy worth saving i argued that democracy remains the only system of government that protects our dignity as citizens gives us a voice and allows us to correct the course of our nation peacefully but for democracy to endure it must be held up by a is democracy worth saving september 28 2025 0 democracy is built on the principle that no ruler is above the people its imperfections come not from the system itself but from elites who manipulate it for personal gain the solution therefore is not to abandon democracy but to resist those who tries to hijack it and to strengthen the institutions that protect it the impact of undi18 and avr on constituency sizes january 27 2022 0 the impact of undi18 and avr on constituency sizesby thomas fann with the implementation of undi18 and automatic voters registration avr as of 16 january 2022 an additional 5 8 million voters will be added to the current 15 3 million eligible voters bringing the total to 21 1 million on our electoral roll compared to ge14 s 14 9 the impact of undi18 and avr on politics in malaysia january 20 2022 0 so undi18 and automatic voters registration avr are finally implemented two and a half years after the historic constitutional amendments to lower the voting age in malaysia from 21 to 18 after some delays backpedalling on the timeline to implement and a court order to implement it by the end of 2021 it is a us democracy under assault lessons for malaysia by thomas fann january 10 2021 0 what happened at the us capitol on 6th january 2021 shook the world not by the magnitude of its violence but by the symbolism it represents the united states of america has long been regarded as the bastion of modern democracy 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