IDEAS welcomes new Dewan Rakyat Speaker and congratulates Prime Minister on vote of confidence but

IDEAS hopes that the successful vote of confidence provides the government and the investing community assurance of political stability, which is so crucial in ensuring policy is implemented effectively.” Nevertheless, IDEAS would like to express strong concern over an auto-resign clause in the unity government’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in which Members of Parliament from coalition part. [...] Following Perikatan Nasional’s public statement on November 30th that they are in the midst of forming a Shadow Cabinet, the expectations would fall on the shadow cabinet ministers to hold up their end of the bargain and perform according to their portfolios. [...] Finally, IDEAS fully supports the recent statement by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz ibni almarhum Tuanku Munawir that the executive branch should not have the exclusive benefit of nominating any of the nine members for the Judicial Appointments Committee (JAC). [...] To improve on existing weaknesses as well as ensure greater independence of the judiciary, the suggestion to devolve such powers to other institutional bodies such as the Malaysian Bar and Parliament’s special select committees must be considered seriously. [...] Ultimately, restoring public confidence and trust towards institutions is the equal responsibility of both the government and the opposition.