Mahathir’s Leadership Post-general Election 14: Perspectives of the Malay Community in West Malaysia

New history is created in Malaysia. After over six decades of Federal rule, the Barisan Nasional (BN) government has been replaced by a coalition of opposition parties, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the most recent general election. PH also managed to form several state governments traditionally held by BN in Peninsular Malaysia. This study aims to seek the perception of the Malays in West Malaysia in accepting the return of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad into power. It focuses on the so-called political comeback of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad – the first leader to be appointed Prime Minister twice considering this rarely happens in Malaysia. This study was conducted in West Malaysia involving eighty-eight respondents using the 5-point Likert-scale survey questionnaire. Respondents were given an option to answer the questionnaire in Bahasa Malaysia or English. The general result showed that perception towards political issues in Malaysia, especially with regard to Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s comeback drew mixed reactions. On the same note, it showed that people could have lost their hopes and direction of Malaysian politics.

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Modi will lose much rural support

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db238312 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Rural Population ◽

Prime Minister ◽

General Election ◽

State Governments ◽

Agricultural Output ◽

Content Type ◽

Bharatiya Janata Party ◽

Education And Employment ◽

Farm Debt

Significance As the 2019 general election approaches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to secure the backing of India’s rural population, which is some two-thirds of the country’s total. Modi has encouraged state governments to waive farm debt worth up to 2.8 trillion rupees (39 billion dollars); suggested a procurement formula guaranteeing farmers a return of at least 1.5 times their costs of production; and promised to double farm incomes by 2022. Meanwhile, landowning castes are increasingly demanding opportunities in education and employment away from rural areas. Impacts State governments will try to pay off farm debts by issuing bonds. In election campaigning, opposition parties will claim to champion rural interests. An average 2018 monsoon should boost agricultural output.

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Southern Indian states will push back on Modi

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db234041 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Prime Minister ◽

General Election ◽

Southern India ◽

State Governments ◽

Indian States ◽

Content Type ◽

Southern States ◽

Bharatiya Janata Party ◽

Cooperative Federalism

Subject Controversy over the 15th Finance Commission. Significance Finance ministers of three southern states met last month to discuss grievances over the central government’s 15th Finance Commission, which defines revenue redistribution across the federal union. Prime Minister Narendra Modi champions the notion of ‘cooperative federalism’, with central and state governments to share responsibility for economic development. As the 2019 general election approaches, political opponents of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are contemplating the formation of a ‘Federal Front’. Impacts The BJP will step up efforts to undermine Karnataka’s new Janata Dal (Secular)-Congress ruling coalition. While Congress may join a Federal Front, other parties will resist its attempts to assert leadership of the alliance. Modi will prioritise personal campaigning in southern India ahead of the 2019 election, hoping to win over critics.

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Malaysia will likely have a general election in 2022

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db266331 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Oil And Gas ◽

Prime Minister ◽

Vice President ◽

General Election ◽

State Governments ◽

Content Type ◽

High Profile ◽

Step Down ◽

National Organisation

Significance The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), surprisingly defeated by the PH in the 2018 general election, returned to government in March 2020 and regained the premiership in August this year through party Vice-President Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The next parliamentary polls are due in 2023. Impacts PH Chairman Anwar Ibrahim will come under growing pressure to step down as leader of the opposition. High-profile corruption proceedings against senior UMNO figures, including former Prime Minister Najib Razak, will be a drag on the party. Eastern Malaysian state governments will have greater influence over the oil and gas sectors.

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Swords and Ploughshares: The Election Prerogative in Canada

Canadian Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0008423900027700 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 287-291

Author(s):

James Lightbody

Keyword(s):

Prime Minister ◽

Political Process ◽

Political Leadership ◽

General Election ◽

The Political ◽

Legislative Assembly

Modestly impressive by its lack of mention both in a recent examination of the political leadership of the prime minister and the more traditional texts of the Canadian political process, is serious notice of environmental limitations on the prime ministerial prerogative in dissolving the Legislative Assembly and announcing a general election.

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The Israeli General Election of 1996 – Another Upheaval?

Government and Opposition ◽

10.1111/j.1477-7053.1996.tb01201.x ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 449-466 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David Capitanchik

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

Prime Minister ◽

Peace Process ◽

General Election ◽

Political Life ◽

Central Issue ◽

Direct Election ◽

Electoral Law ◽

First Time

The Israeli General Election of 1996 Has Been Described as a ‘referendum’ on the Middle East peace process, the central issue in the campaign. However, important as it was, the outcome of the election was determined not so much by the issue of peace, as by a change in the electoral law providing for the direct election of the prime minister. On 29 May, for the first time, Israelis went to the polls to elect a prime minister as well as a new Knesset and the result was yet another upheaval in Israeli political life.

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Simulation and analysis of the effects of room surface reflectance combinations on a proposed retrofit illumination system of an office

Journal of Engineering Design and Technology ◽

10.1108/jedt-10-2020-0400 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Subarna Roy ◽

Sudipta Majumder ◽

Sourin Bhattacharya ◽

Imran Hossain Sardar

Keyword(s):

Likert Scale ◽

Surface Reflectance ◽

Survey Questionnaire ◽

Content Type ◽

Scale Type ◽

Illumination System ◽

Office Space ◽

Strong Linear Correlation ◽

Lighting Simulation ◽

Strongly Agree

Purpose An indoor office space should not only provide adequate illuminance on horizontal planes but also cater to the physiological and psychological requirements of the occupants. This paper aims to describe a lighting simulation-based work conducted in Kolkata, India which modeled an indoor office to investigate the effects of variation in room surface reflectance combinations on user perception, mean room surface exitance (MRSE), average horizontal illuminance and overall uniformity of horizontal illuminance. Design/methodology/approach A fluorescent illumination system–based office space was modeled and retrofitted with tubular LED lamps in DIALux. Simulations were conducted for 16 different room surface reflectance combinations and a five-point Likert scale-type survey questionnaire was formulated to conduct a survey with 32 test subjects to assess the subjective preferability of each resultant light scene. Findings Simulation results demonstrate that the relationship between average horizontal illuminance and MRSE as well as between average horizontal illuminance and overall uniformity of horizontal illuminance, was statistically significant (p < 0.001). In the conducted survey, the resultant light scene arising out of the reflectance combination of wall:ceiling:floor = 60%:90%:20% was the most well-received one with 187 convinced agreements (“agree” and “strongly agree” responses). Originality/value This work found strong linear correlation between average horizontal illuminance and MRSE and between average horizontal illuminance and overall uniformity. A five-point Likert scale-type survey questionnaire with seven questions was formulated and validated with 32 test subjects (Cronbach’s alpha > 0.9295), which showed that the wall:ceiling:floor reflectance combination of 60%:90%:20% was the most favored choice.

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Understanding The Results of 14th Malaysian General Election Through Islamic Perspectives: A New Challenge in Islamizing Political Understanding

Jurnal Islam dan Masyarakat Kontemporari ◽

10.37231/jimk.2020.21.3.503 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 13-27

Author(s):

Suhaimee Saahar @Saabar ◽

Mat Nadzari Ahmad Dahlan ◽

Syed Arabi Idid

Keyword(s):

Perspective Taking ◽

Political Party ◽

General Election ◽

Western Thought ◽

Islamic Perspective ◽

Political Studies ◽

Malaysian Politics ◽

Political Understanding ◽

New Framework

The results of the 14th General Election shocked many parties, especially the Barisan Nasional, which has dominated Malaysian politics for more than 60 years. Various studies and discoveries have been made to understand the context of this defeat from various angles of thinking and understanding. However, in the study of Malaysian politics Islamic perspective is also taken into account to balance the understanding between Western and Islamic understanding. Scholars have long used Western thought to explain political phenomena and how power is used in maintaining a political party. The purpose of this paper is to explain in detail the results of elections from an Islamic perspective. This is to differentiate the views given by Western thinkers and to provide a new framework based on the Islamic perspective taking into account the values and teachings of Islam itself. Therefore, this paper seeks to provide a different perspective on how new explorations can be translated into the context of political studies in the country.

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Free airtime of election committees in Poland compared with similar solutions in other countries. The attitude of Poles to free election broadcasts in the Polish public media

Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej ◽

10.36874/riesw.2020.1.12 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 227-237

Author(s):

Agnieszka Łukasik-Turecka

Keyword(s):

Likert Scale ◽

Election Campaign ◽

Survey Questionnaire ◽

Election Campaigns ◽

Appropriate Use ◽

Research Results ◽

The Public ◽

Public Media ◽

Electing a Leader

Choosing a Prime Minister ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198859291.003.0004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 89-112

Author(s):

Rodney Brazier

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

Prime Minister ◽

Formal System ◽

Conservative Party ◽

General Election ◽

Opposition Party ◽

Leadership Elections ◽

The Government ◽

Jeremy Corbyn ◽

Theresa May

A person normally becomes Prime Minister either after winning a General Election, or after the Government party has elected a new leader to succeed a Prime Minister. Leadership of one of the main political parties is therefore a prerequisite for entering Number 10 Downing Street. This chapter examines exactly how the main parties have elected their leaders since 1902, setting the processes in their historical contexts, and explaining why the systems have been changed down the years. The Conservative Party did not have a formal system until after a major crisis in 1963; Labour has always elected its leader; but the systems which have been used have been altered for political reasons. Recent leadership elections, e.g. of Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Jeremy Corbyn, are examined. The chapter also explains the ways in which an opposition party can get rid of a leader who doesn’t want to quit.

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Good Result or Bad Deal?

Reluctant European ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198840671.003.0005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 83-108

Author(s):

Stephen Wall

Keyword(s):

Prime Minister ◽

Conservative Party ◽

Labour Party ◽

General Election ◽

Party Voting ◽

The Uk ◽

Enoch Powell

Poised to begin negotiations for EEC accession, Prime Minister Wilson called a snap general election and lost to Edward Heath’s Conservative Party. Heath was a life-long pro-European but there were opponents of EEC entry, led by the disgraced rebel, Enoch Powell, within Tory ranks. The Conservatives adopted the Labour government’s accession strategy. But, out of government, the Labour Party turned against membership. Pro-EEC Labour rebels, led by former Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins, voted with Heath to secure parliamentary approval for accession. To prevent the Labour Party voting to take the UK out of the EEC, Wilson promised that he would renegotiate the terms agreed by Heath and put them to the electorate. The EEC countries, especially France, struck a hard deal with the UK and Heath was obliged to accept disadvantageous terms for UK accession.

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