Electoral system change will benefit Umno, PAS: analyst
The way to convince Umno and PAS to support changing the country’s electoral system is to convince them there is currently no party is in a stable political position, said Ƶ University political scientist Wong Chin Huat.
Wong, who is advocating for Malaysia to adopt Germany’s mixed member proportional electoral system, said such a system would be safer for all political parties as opposed to the current “first-past-the-post” system.
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This article first appeared in Malaysiakini on 29 May 2019.
