Building a Stronger Malaysia

Malaysia is at a critical juncture. The nation can choose to look forward and prepare a strong foundation for the future, or it can remain mired in the culture of divisive ethnic-based politics and authoritarian rule that has resulted in decades of mismanagement and corruption, stifled the nation’s progress and led to the overall deterioration of the country. All Malaysians need to be united and work together to rebuild the nation. We need to lay down a strong institutional framework that will help minimize the risk of future corruption and…

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Launch of Electoral Reform Roundtable Report

On 9th May, 2018, Malaysia stunned the region and the world when a broad coalition of opposition parties won office, ushering in Malaysia’s first transfer of power since independence in 1957. Malaysia’s experience shows us that politics cannot stand still in the face of changes brought by economic development, urbanization, and mass education. That experience also shows that it is possible to overcome the politics of identity and offer voters a credible democratic alternative; it also demonstrates that high voter participation can level the electoral playing field to deliver democratic…

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Overseas Voting Process

Global Bersih has launched a SURVEY that WILL AFFECT ALL OVERSEAS MALAYSIANS It wasn’t too long ago that many of us achieved the impossible by flying our votes home for GE14. Let’s not have another re-run of that. Help Global Bersih design the Overseas Voting Process together by completing this survey at http://bit.ly/GBsurveyOVP CLOSING DATE: 9th February 2019 so please hurry, and help share this wide. Your input will affect the future voting process for all Overseas Malaysians! Global Bersih is now recognised by the Election Commission as an important…

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UPR Review

Global Bersih took part in the 31st Session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review(UPR) Working Group held in Geneva from 5th to 16th November 2018. Malaysia’s human rights records were reviewed during the session. Please read the summary of the proceedings below to find out more.

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Global Bersih at the Parliament

Global Bersih with Kofi Annan Foundation, International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance (“IDEA”) and International Foundation for Electoral Systems (“IFES”), the Speaker’s Office of Dewan Rakyat and Election Commission (“EC”) organised an Electoral Reform Roundtable discussions on Advancing Electoral Reform in Malaysia from 30th November to 1st December 2018. The idea was to collect best practices from all over the world and to exchange ideas on the needed electoral reform for our nation. Read the summary of the event below:

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Call for voting process to be revamped

Electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 and its overseas arm Global Bersih have called for the voting process for overseas Malaysians to be revamped, citing the alleged failure of the Election Commission (EC) to manage the existing process for the 14th general election (GE14). Both organisations held a press conference today to announce findings from a post-GE14 survey conducted by Global Bersih, which included the EC’s lack of adequate and timely information on the registration and voting process, as well as an illogical and impractical timeline for overseas voting… 

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Data Collection on Malaysia’s 14th General Election – Overseas Voting Process

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Global Bersih’s findings from our data collection of the 14th General Election (GE14) are as follows: The Election Commission (EC) and foreign Malaysian missions did not provide adequate and timely information on the registration and voting process. The information that was relayed conflicted and varied from agency to agency. This caused widespread confusion, frustration and disenfranchisement. The EC demonstrated incompetence by not processing applications and notifying citizens of their voting status in a timely manner, allowing discrepancies on the electoral roll, erring with regards to voter eligibility and…

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