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What if Malaysia… Has a Non-Malay Prime Minister #8

Dr Dayana Arifin, Historian, University Malaya | Kamal Solhaimi Fadzil, Lecturer, University Malaya

24-Mar-21 15:00

What if Malaysia… Has a Non-Malay Prime Minister #8

Article 43 of the Federal Constitution does not indicate that the Prime Minister of Malaysia has to be of a particular race (or gender). Why then is there a misconception that only a Malay can head the government of Malaysia? On the 8th and final episode of What if Malaysia, historian Dr Dayana and  anthropologist Kamal Solhaimi, both from University Malaya, join us to explore what Malaysia could look like with a non-Malay Prime Minister and if the country is ready for one.

Other episodes of the miniseries:

What if Malaysia… Has a Woman Prime Minister #1

What if Malaysia... Decriminalised All Drugs For Personal Use #2

What if Malaysia... Has Freedom of Speech Like the US #3

What if Malaysia… Legalises Abortion (On-Demand)? #4

What if Malaysia… Legalises Sex Work? #5

What if Malaysia… Abolishes the Death Penalty? #6

What if Malaysia… Ratified the UN Refugee Convention? #7

Image source: Maria Chin Abdullah's Facebook Page, Gobind Singh's Official Twitter Page

Produced by: Dashran Yohan, Teo Xing Yu

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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