LETTER | While the system survived, it cannot be said the principle was fully respected.
| Following the announcement of the appointment of our eighth prime minister on Saturday evening, #DaulatTuanku and #NotMyPM started to trend on social media.
However, there appears to be a failure to recognise the difference between democracy as a system and democracy as a principle. It is true that the democratic system in Malaysia under the constitutional monarch has the capacity to overcome a political crisis. The survival of a democratic system, however, is not the same as saying democracy as a principle was fully respected.
Finally, when it was revealed that the US president asked for favour from his Ukrainian counterpart in order to undermine his political rival, no one truly doubts the workability of America's democratic system. After going through all legal and constitutional means of impeaching the president, Donald Trump was acquitted and is currently preparing for his second bid for office. It appears the democratic system is currently fully functioning in America.
Therefore, it is not incorrect to say that the people made it loud and clear that they were voting for change in the last general election. Given that we practice the Westminster parliamentary system, there is an expectation of party loyalty by MPs. For the result to be upended in less than two years is a tragedy.
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