Local elections as the foundation of democracy Part I: The Athi Nahappan Report revisited

By Steven Sim, Koay Su-Lyn

March 2015 COVER STORY
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“All politics is local”, it is often quipped. Democracy is thus driven by concerns at the lowest level, and yet local elections, once the outlet for political engagement in Malaysia, have been absent since 1965. Why? And for what gain? These are questions Penang Monthly seeks to discuss in a two-part series.Penang in the 1960s. The newly formed Alliance central government had found it increasingly difficult to govern and achieve its version of national unity because the opposition, mostly centre-left...

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Steven Sim

is the MP for Bukit Mertajam and Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports.

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Koay Su-Lyn

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