One Thing is Certain – Expect More Amendments to the Constitution

By Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

August 2017 EDITORIAL
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As with all agreements, consensus and contracts, a Constitution is a hunt for a balance – and a dynamic one at that – between the expressing on one hand of lofty national aspirations and ambitions, and on the other of compromises meant to be more binding than they usually turn out to be.It is an act of self-definition and self-control, where rights and duties are laid out in broad generic terms. Thus, one can see it either as a search...

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Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

is the Executive Director of Penang Institute. His latest book is Signals in the Noise: Notes on Penang, Malaysia and the World (Singapore: Faction Press) Homepage: wikibeng.com.


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