https://www.scmp.com/rss/329786/feed Anwar Ibrahim, a member of Malaysia’s Parliament, is president of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat and leader of the Pakatan Harapan coalition. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com It is perhaps indicative of our times that the peaceful transition of power by means of a democratic election is a candidate for “Disruption of the Year.” The outcome of the Malaysian general election in May was the hopeful outlier to a global trend towards populist nationalism, engineered through fear of refugees, migrants, and the “other”.  Malaysia is a Muslim-majority country where democratic values and collaboration between all groups made change possible. The electoral disruption was... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2177481/how-malaysias-democratic-disruption-stands-apart-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2177481/how-malaysias-democratic-disruption-stands-apart-year?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:00:15 +0000