COMMENT The Citizens’ Declaration urges all Malaysians “... to join us in saving Malaysia from the government headed by Najib (Abdul Razak), to pave the way for much-needed democratic and institutional reforms...”

Just how serious are the politicians who signed the declaration in wanting to see much-needed democratic reforms?

A party such as the DAP should not need much convincing to carry out democratic reforms because they are the only party in the Malaysian landscape with ‘Democratic’ in their party name. Yet when DAP state assemblyperson Teh Yee Cheu proposed a motion in the Penang state assembly to limit the office of the chief minister to two terms, it was soundly rejected and he seems destined to oblivion in the party.