NSTletters But once the threats have passed and the situation stabilises, the power of governance must be returned to Parliament and the people.
Although Malaysia’s democratic governance is based on the Westminster model, it is called a constitutional monarchy, where the Constitution reigns supreme and dictates the behaviour of governance, institutions and the royals. There were times when the Constitution was challenged by sectarian sentiments but it has withstood these provocations without being maligned.
This is currently evident here, where the politicians are bickering and fighting among themselves by shifting alignment and party hopping with nary a thought of the mandate of the people. Perhaps there is a need to relook at our democratic system of governance to ensure the people’s mandate remains intact through the designated period.
At the same time, we also need to review the set-up of political parties, which currently is race-based, that allows for chauvinistic and religious sentiments to prevail, allowing unscrupulous politicians to create schisms and dissensions within our plural society just to serve their partisan agenda.
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