THE SOCIAL SCIENCE MATTER: CONFIGURING ON ALTERNATIVE COVID-19 RESPONSE
Republished- Universiti Malaya Press 2023, in Book Revisiting Covid-19 in Malaysia Plight and Perseverance Editor Vilashini Somiah & Nur Dayana Arifin
BOOK
Dr. Azmil Tayeb
6/4/20251 min read
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Introduction
How political parties finance their operations is not well regulated in Malaysia. There is no specific law that oversees the myriad ways political parties raise funds and to what purpose they are used. This stands in contrast to neighboring Indonesia and the Philippines, where there are laws that regulate party financing. As a result, corruption in the name of political donations is rampant in Malaysia, the infamous one being the 1MDB scandal that presently ensnares the former Prime Minister, Najib Razak. However, absence of a law that regulates party financing and the inability of the current government to enact one does not mean that Malaysia should sideline the importance of keeping political parties in line with democratic norms. In this article we