YYYusfarizal Yussoff

1. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Yusfarizal Yussoff

   COMMENT | Malaya: Roots that cannot be erased | Malaysiakini (opens the original)

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   COMMENT | There is a growing tendency in contemporary discourse to speak of the Malays as though they were merely another ethnic category in a population census. Malays are placed alongside Chinese, Indians, Ibans, Kadazans, and the many other communities that make up Malaysia. For the purposes of modern administration, such classifications may be useful. Historically, however, they are inadequate. They do not fully explain what it has meant, over centuries, to be “Malay”. Malay identity has nev

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2. Article · Jul 8, 2026 · Yusfarizal Yussoff

   COMMENT | Election campaigns: Grey zone that distorts democracy | Malaysiakini (opens the original)

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   COMMENT | Elections are the defining moment of any democracy. They are when citizens exercise their sovereign right to decide who governs them and, ultimately, the direction their country will take. Ordinarily, once Parliament or a state legislative assembly is dissolved, the incumbent administration assumes the role of a caretaker government. Its mandate is deliberately narrow: to ensure the continuity of public administration while refraining from decisions that could confer an electoral advan

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