Democracy in Malaysia has good future — pandikar amin

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KOTA KINABALU: The system of parliamentary democracy in Malaysia has a good future, based on developments in the practice of the democratic principle by the people, who own the system, says Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.

He said as the principle of democracy was ‘government of the people, by the people and for the people’, the developments taking place now under the government transformation plan involved the process of imbibing the spirit of democracy by the rakyat (people).

“I am not saying that the principle did not exist before, but I think the system of parliamentary democracy in Malaysia is undergoing transformation in form and approach. I also agree with the opinion of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that democracy must have limits. As such, other countries of the world should not be compelled to apply all the elements of democracy practised in certain countries.”

Pandikar Amin said this in his talk on ‘Malaysia and the Future of Parliamentary Democracy’ in conjunction with the Federal Civil Servants Assembly, here, yesterday.— Bernama