Q: Since gaining independence in 1957, which social cleavages have been important in shaping the identities of political parties in Malaysia? As is the case for many (relatively) new democracies, Malaysia’s electoral backdrop has been influenced by competing social cleavages since gaining its independence in 1957. But which social cleavages have been important in shaping the identities of political parties in Malaysia? This essay highlights which social cleavages have played an instrumental part
In a dominant- party system, a single party wins approximately 60 percent or more of the seats in legislature and two or more other parties usually win less than 40 percent of the seat. Opposition parties in dominant-party system are free to contest elections. The dominant parties have to compete for votes to maintain its power or to gain power. This democratic competition imposes a check and balance on the government of the day, promotes transparency and accountability and ensures that service delivery
The Washington Times, President Barack Obama, put Anwar al- Awlaki on the kill list and approved his targeted killing in April 2010 because United States officials recognized that Anwar al-Awlaki was a danger to United States Homeland Security (Lucas 1). In addition to the President Barack Obama’s decision, the National Security Council approved Awlaki’s targeted killing as well (Shane 1). However, officials of the United States considered Anwar al-Awlaki a threat to United States Homeland Security
COMPARISONOF MILITARY LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE AGES No leader should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no leader should fight a battle simply out of pique. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life. Hence the enlightened leader is heedful, and the good leader is full of caution. - Sun Tzu Introduction Tommy Franks, general of the American Army states that soldeirs should have a high competance
Laws and legal system is important to establish a successful and developed country. Judiciary is the primary institution to give maintenance of law and administration of justice. The judiciary is one of the most important organ of government in Malaysia which its main function is to interpret the law which passed by the legislative. It also playing an important role under constitution to ensure the constitutionalism of the land by the conduct of check and balance which uphold the concept of separation
Freedom of speech and expression is one of the fundamental liberties provided under article 10 of the Federal Constitution. Article 10 provide that, “every citizen has the right to freedom of speech and expression. This provision explains that every person has the right to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without government interference. Therefore, all Malaysian citizen have the right to express views abud through various ways either through articles, books, radio broadcasting
Ismailia by the means of stopping the supply lines of Egypt’s Second Field Army throughout the Suez Canal. The event that led to the beginning of Yom Kippur War was when Egypt launched Operation Badr. From there it came to a halt but when President Anwar Sadat launched an attack through the Sinai Mountain passes, it totaled in Egyptian loss without achieving a purpose. From this failed mission, it made the Israelis think that they had a chance of beating the Egyptians so they launched Operation Abiray-Lev
was enjoying a good life with his family, receiving a fine salary while submitting regular articles to the Egyptian newspaper. His friend Ibrahim, with whom he had many strong conversations and arguments, is the one who visited him in Europe and with whom he spent a lot of time. Shadia, the most beautiful girl in the newspaper, was the one who got married to Ibrahim then divorced him years later. Shadia then carried on with her life, married the newspaper accountant and changed a lot when she became
Reason for restricting freedom of speech In China, the reason for restricting freedom of speech is to protect their current political regime. The size of China is over 9700 km, and the population is over 14 trillion. It makes China quite hard to manage because of its land being too wide and have overpopulation. So, if anything would happened and stir up the emotion of the people, if they should take any action, it would be a disaster for the Government of China and it would be very hard to satisfy
European history- the French Declaration on the Rights of Man and of Citizen which says that men are born free and equal in rights. The Declaration of Human Rights was drafted in 1948 to recognise the r... ... middle of paper ... ...s/gratis/Ibrahim-17-3.pdf> [Accessed 28 February 2011]. Magno, A., (2001) Human Rights in Times of Conflict: Humanitarian Intervention . Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, 2 (5). [online] Available from: [Accessed 2 March 2011] United Nations
Later on in October 1992, the first announcement of GST implementation in Malaysia was announced by the then Minister of Finance, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim during his speech for the Budget 1993 but it was subsequently deferred (GST VINTAGE SDN BHD, 2013). This, however, was not mark the last time GST would be deferred again as Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did announce the implementation of GST
Amnesty International (AI) The vision of AI is to make sure that every person in the world enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other international protocols. (“Amnesty International”, 2015) In order to pursue its vision, AI’s official mission statement reads: “Amnesty International’s mission is to conduct research and take action to prevent and end grave abuses of all human rights – civil, political, social, cultural and economic. From freedom
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a. On March 8 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was scheduled on a daily routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. This fight never happened. From some time and later on the air traffic control contact lost for unclear reasons. The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight resulted the largest international search and media interest and attention in the last decades. Carrying 12 crew members from Malaysia and 227 passengers from 14 countries, the aircraft disappearance has remained an unresolved
remind and to discourage citizens from protesting and rioting. No other mass rioting had occurred in the country until 1997, amidst the Asian Financial Crisis and exacerbated by the sudden dismissal and defamation of then Deputy Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim. This was also the first known account of widely used Electronic Civil Disobedience as people utilized message-boards to communicate with each other and mobilize a mass movement. Civil Disobedience has only been increasing more in Malaysia in the
men and women. Because of urbanization, western ideas and influences are reaching the average Asians. Asians are moving into cities with phenomenal speed. In an article by Michael Sivy of Time International Magazine, Malaysia’s Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim states, “Today, half of all Malaysians live in cities.” Sivy adds, “the result is an irreversible change in the family structure that has prevailed in Asia for thousands of years.” The urbanization of these families helped to promote further growth