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How Transparent and Accountable Are Major Political Parties in Malaysia?
For the longest time, particularly since the late 90s, then-opposition parties from PKR to DAP to PAS campaigned on a platform of anti-corruption and anti-cronyism, against the Barisan Nasional. This only intensified during former, disgraced Prime Minister Najib Razak’s time in power and the 1MDB scandal. This ultimately led to the downfall of the Barisan Nasional government in 2018.
The question is, how much do these parties actually practice the transparency and accountability they once demanded of others?
Recently, the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS) at Universiti…
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