Q & A with Ideas' Wan Saiful Wan Jan


Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) CEO Wan Saiful Wan Jan shares some of his thoughts with The Star Online's T. AVINESHWARAN.

Avinesh: But these guys are liberals. Why don’t you think they have the advantage?

Wan Saiful: It’s because they belong to PAS. The elections in Malaysia have never been about the candidates. I know people will talk about ideals and choose the right candidates but this is all rubbish. The reality is people vote for a party. Even if you put a monkey as a candidate in the party, the hard-core supporters of that party will still vote for the monkey!



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