To Hell With Sukarno.

Let us take happy note, before it is lost under the tide of vaster events, of what happened April 25 in the new country of Malaysia. The post-federation round of elections was then completed by a sweeping victory for Tungku Abdul Rahman, the Prime Minister, in the eleven states of the Malay peninsula. Adding the results from elections previously held in the Borneo states (Sabah and Sarawak)) and Singapore, the Tungku’s Alliance has won 125 out of the 159 seats in the Malaysian legislature. Let us specify how good a thing this is, and how remarkable.

1)In a region where government is mostly based on revolution, military coup or foreign intrigue, Malaysia made responsible use of the procedures of representative democracy. The opposition parties campaigned freely; the citizens voted in uncoerced and secret ballot.

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Let us take happy note, before it is lost under the tide of vaster events, of what happened April 25 in the new country of Malaysia. The post-federation round of elections was then completed by a sweeping victory for Tungku Abdul Rahman, the Prime Minister, in the eleven states of the Malay peninsula. Adding the results from elections previously held in the Borneo states (Sabah and Sarawak)) and Singapore, the Tungku’s Alliance has won 125 out of the 159 seats in the Malaysian legislature. Let us specify how good a thing this is, and how remarkable.

1)In a region where government is mostly based on revolution, military coup or foreign intrigue, Malaysia made responsible use of the procedures of representative democracy. The opposition parties campaigned freely; the citizens voted in uncoerced and secret ballot.