COMMENT | Whatever is the final outcome of the political realignments in Malaysia, it is as much a failure of policy as it is a failure of government that had caused the current malaise.

Merely changing the government while following the same policy framework will not necessarily deliver better outcomes. What is needed, whether there is a change in administration or not, is the courage to change the policy framework.

The immediate challenge is to acknowledge that the economy can only begin to recover when the lockdown ends. According to the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) 90 percent of MSMEs cannot last to October or November and if the lockdown continues until then, 580,000 might close. ...

The pre-conditions to end the lockdown are to change ...