Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad believes that the creation of a decision making mechanism within Pakatan Rakyat is the principal milestone in the quest for a two-coalition system in Malaysia. In remarks made at a seminar organized by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore earlier this week, the PAS legislator said such a mechanism was created by the PR government that ruled Perak from March 2008 until it was ousted by the Barisan Nasional last February. Khalid, one of the Malaysian Parliament's least partisan voices, credited the DAP, which held the overall majority in the Perak State Assembly, for the success of the concept of consensual government whereby no policy would be passed if coalition partners were not in agreement. He claimed the PR governments of Selangor and Kedah have yet to emulate the mechanism successfully wrought by the Perak PR government led by Nizar Jamaluddin, the PAS assemblyman who became Menteri Besar. Khalid, a resolute believer in persuasion thr...
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