COMMENT Two myths, and the enduring bewitchment they cast on the body politic, were broken at the last general election in 2008 which was the 12th election in Malaysia's electoral history.

The two myths are on course for interment by the time all the ballots are counted this Sunday in GE13.

Their unceremonious burial is vital for a reset of the terms of Malaysian democracy, after the insidious harm done to it during the Mahathir era (1981-2003)...