The human sea of yellow swarming though the
streets of Kuala Lumpur on the weekend looked, at first glance, like an
overwhelming show of people power directed against a government and a
prime minister deeply imperilled by political and financial scandals.
But the rally, smaller in number than hoped for
and lacking a representative ethnic mix, served only to show that
democracy in Malaysia is more troubled than many previously thought.
A splintered opposition failed to mobilise
supporters on the scale hoped for and those who did turn up - and
without a doubt, there were tens of thousands of them - were
predominantly from the minority ethnic Chinese and Indian communities.
Malaysia's democracy is in worse shape than we thought - Al Jazeera English
streets of Kuala Lumpur on the weekend looked, at first glance, like an
overwhelming show of people power directed against a government and a
prime minister deeply imperilled by political and financial scandals.
But the rally, smaller in number than hoped for
and lacking a representative ethnic mix, served only to show that
democracy in Malaysia is more troubled than many previously thought.
A splintered opposition failed to mobilise
supporters on the scale hoped for and those who did turn up - and
without a doubt, there were tens of thousands of them - were
predominantly from the minority ethnic Chinese and Indian communities.
Malaysia's democracy is in worse shape than we thought - Al Jazeera English
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