Local Democracy Alive and Kicking in Pakatan States
By Tricia Yeoh
July 2011 STATES OF REFORM
The ambition to enhance local democracy remains strong in Pakatan Rakyat (Pakatan) states. So far, no help has come from the Election Commission, but the initiatives that have nevertheless been taken to elect local councillors, village heads and mosque committee members are impressive.IN A PEM column last year, I wrote extensively about local government elections and the laws and policies governing them in Malaysia. At that point, both the state governments of Penang and Selangor had written to the Election...
Tricia Yeoh
has previously worked with the Selangor state government and is now attached to a market research consultancy.
