WE, the members of G25, join other organisations in civil society to express our deep disappointment and frustration at the way the recent political process has been working in Malaysia to bring about a change of government.
In expressing our disappointment, we wish to emphasise that we are not against a change of any government. It is an accepted practice in a parliamentary system of democracy that when there is a vote of no confidence tabled in Parliament by the opposition against the prime minister, and if the vote stands, the government automatically falls. The prime minister will then have the choice of either to tender his resignation or to request the head of state to dissolve Parliament. Such a request, if acceded to, will result in a general election. This, unfortunately, did not happen here. Instead, the seventh PM who was elected by the people suddenly resigned on his own initiative, taking down with him the whole Cabinet and causing so much uncertainty and anxiety in the country. This is because he did not name his successor.
