The Year Ahead/Politics
Anwar Ibrahim, Longtime Opposition Leader, Is Ready to Govern
Malaysia’s presumptive prime minister says that economic growth is necessary for a stable democracy.
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One election does not make a democracy.
Precisely, we acknowledge that. It is the duty of the leadership of this new government to ensure that we build institutions strong enough, formidable enough, that nothing would allow authoritarianism in the guise of democracy.