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Despite birth of new parties, pundits remain skeptical that Malaysia will move past race and religion-based politics by GE15
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — Parti Warisan Sabah and Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) are among the newer parties that have vowed to move on beyond ethno-religious issues, but political analysts were sceptical that the playing field will change much.
Speaking to Malay Mail, the analysts polled said the issues of race and religion will likely remain centre stage in the run up to the 15th general election (GE15) and may even stay in Malaysian politics beyond then.
“If you trace back since the 1960s, race and religion have always been the issue,” said senior fellow with the National Professors Council, Jeniri Amir.
He pointed to legacy political parties that were formed to represent a specific ethnic group or dominated by one, such as Barisan Nasional components: Malay nationalist party Umno, ethnic Chinese-majority MCA and ethnic Indian-majority MIC.
Speaking to Malay Mail, the analysts polled said the issues of race and religion will likely remain centre stage in the run up to the 15th general election (GE15) and may even stay in Malaysian politics beyond then.
“If you trace back since the 1960s, race and religion have always been the issue,” said senior fellow with the National Professors Council, Jeniri Amir.
He pointed to legacy political parties that were formed to represent a specific ethnic group or dominated by one, such as Barisan Nasional components: Malay nationalist party Umno, ethnic Chinese-majority MCA and ethnic Indian-majority MIC.
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