Zero-sum game of old school politics


MPs and allocations: When MPs are not equally supported, it is the rakyat that loses. File photo of the Dewan Rakyat.

When some MPs are made less equal, it is the rakyat that loses.

Not all YBs are made equal.

Some Members of Parliament and assemblymen receive a government allocation for their constituencies. Some get less or don’t get anything at all.

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