Bersih gives thumbs-up to election manifestos

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PETALING JAYA: Electoral reform group Bersih has praised the election manifestos of Barisan Nasional (BN), Pakatan Harapan (PH), Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) for their inclusion of democratic reforms.

Although the manifesto promises were not comprehensive, Bersih said the pledges to strengthen and restore trust in public institutions as well as provide greater transparency were welcome.

“In particular, the separation of the public prosecution function from the attorney-general (AG) has long been a key demand by Bersih and other civil society organisations to remove doubts of selective prosecution and immunity from prosecution.

“We are pleased to see that both PH and BN have explicitly promised to separate the roles of the AG and public prosecutor,” it said in a statement.

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