Building a new breed of leaders

The sitting of Dewan Waghih highlighted how Negri Sembilan’s diverse and merit-based youth assembly can become a model for principled, values-driven leadership in Malaysia.

BACK in 2022 I was asked to officiate the opening of the youth state assembly of Negri Sembilan, known as the Dewan Waghih, one of the first model parliaments in Malaysia for young people, under the auspices of the state foundation. Unfortunately I was travelling then, so I was pleased to be invited again to open the latest sitting this week, and to accept their invitation to become their patron.