Rising from the ashes: Local gov't polls in M'sia

comments     Yeo Yang Poh     Published     Updated

The federal government would like to see local government elections dead and buried. Many NGOs and activists, and a handful of state governments, wish to witness the phoenix rising.

This article presents the writer’s views on the state of the law relating to local government elections in Malaysia. The desirability, or otherwise, of such elections, which has received much public debate, will not be dealt with here.

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