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Malaysia's PAS calls for states to have more power over economic development
Malaysia's largest opposition party, PAS, is calling for state governments to have more power over economic development.
PAS, or Parti Islam Se-Malaysia, is an Islamist party in Malaysia.
It wants to decentralize decision-making, shifting some authority away from the national level to the states.
The proposal is part of PAS's push for a “renewed economic model” ahead of the upcoming general election.
PAS governs four of Malaysia's 13 states.
The call would give states a bigger role in shaping economic development if the proposal is adopted.
The party is putting forward this approach as the election approaches.
Malaysia’s largest opposition party, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), is calling for state governments to have more power over economic development.
The proposal is part of a push to decentralize decision-making ahead of the upcoming general election.
PAS governs four of Malaysia’s 13 states.
The party has proposed what it calls a “renewed economic model.”
- Who
- Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), Malaysia’s largest opposition party.
- What
- PAS is calling for state governments to have greater power over economic development.
- When
- Ahead of the upcoming general election; its date is not stated.
- Where
- Malaysia.
- Why
- PAS says the proposal is part of its push to decentralize decision-making.
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- Party
- Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS)
- Political position
- Malaysia’s largest opposition party
- States governed
- Four of Malaysia’s 13 states
- Proposal
- Greater state power over economic development
- Policy description
- Renewed economic model