MP says Bersih's ‘D’ grade unfair given improved economic performance HD

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Subang MP Wong Chen says Bersih was likely to have applied different criteria given that it tends to prioritise the implementation of wide-ranging structural reforms.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/06/mp-says-bersihs-d-grade-unfair-given-improved-economic-performance/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #WongChen #Bersih #UnityGovernment

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00:00Subang MP Wong Chen believes it is unfair for Bursa to give the unity government a D-grade

00:07as the electoral reform group failed to consider the country's improved economic performance.

00:13In an interview with FMT, Wong said he would personally maintain the D for political reforms.

00:20So I would say the economics, we did probably a B plus, I would say.

00:23So if you combine these two, maybe a C.

00:27He also said it would be wrong to compare the administrations led by Prime Minister

00:30Anwar Ibrahim and his predecessor, Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

00:35Wong said this is because Pakatan Harapan's reform-minded MPs make up only 37% of the

00:41lower house, whereas Ismail's government had more MPs united on similar policies.

00:48Our partners that make up 67%, two-thirds majority, have no agenda of that sort.

00:53We've been fighting them for years, 25 years at least, PKR, so it takes time.

00:59In that context, it's difficult.

01:01In its report, Bursa said the D-grade reflected the unity government's limited progress

01:06in carrying out reforms and the gap between its rhetoric and action.

01:11It also said Ismail was a better prime minister than Anwar as he managed to push through reforms

01:15like equal allocations for all MPs via a memorandum of understanding with PH.

01:21To say that Ismail Sabri achieved a lot more than us in that one year, true, but then the

01:27political situation was such that he was able to do so because he had majority and we went

01:33and supported him.

01:35Dhanush Rajareza, FMT News.

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