SHAH ALAM - The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) in collaboration with The Kofi Annan Foundation and Global Bersih launched the Report of the Roundtable on Deepening Democracy in Malaysia in Parliament today.
The Bersih steering committee said the report features insights from the roundtable discussions held with ministers, senior local and foreign parliamentarians, and experts and practitioners from Malaysia and other countries.
The roundtable, which was held in Parliament in May 2023 had 150 participants and garnered over 10,000 cumulative views online.
The Roundtable Report on Deepening Democracy aims to aid Malaysians from politicians, civil society and business actors, academics, media practitioners to ordinary citizens, in navigating an unprecedented political landscape - a hung parliament with a post-election coalition government.
The Report addresses these questions in five thematic panel discussions namely investigate political stability in a hung parliament, examines the roles of opposition and a shadow cabinet in Parliament and studies the challenges in steering a post-election coalition government.
The report also raises questions on how an empowered Parliament may benefit civil society, media and youth.
The key challenges and major recommendations are concisely summarised in this report for brevity.
As Malaysia’s democracy undergoes transition and consolidation, Bersih intends to observe closely and respond to the nation democracy’s most pressing needs by learning from both Malaysia’s experiences as well as best practices elsewhere in the world.