Eighteen years after the landmark 2008 general election, dubbed the “political tsunami”, Chang Lih Kang said the reform agenda born out of the reformasi movement is still ongoing and should not be dismissed as “reformati”.

The PKR vice-president said describing the government’s reform efforts as “reformati” (a portmanteau of reformation and death in Bahasa Malaysia) is an exaggeration.

“You may feel reforms are not strong enough or not fast enough. But...