COMMENT | Bersih welcomes the announcement of the shadow cabinet line-up by Perikatan Nasional and congratulates its chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin and opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin.

The act of forming a shadow cabinet is a step forward to empowering the Dewan Rakyat and democracy.

Bersih hopes that with the shadow cabinet, the opposition will be more solid and organised in checking and balancing the government and offering alternative policies based on facts, data and ideas.

We need a culture of political competition that is...