Does Malaysia Have A Deep State

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THE Pakatan Harapan-led government has been in power for more than a year and a half. If you follow current affairs, by now you may have perhaps read hundreds if not thousands of articles criticising the administration for its slow introduction of reforms.
Rayner Sylvester Yeo, TMI
When discussing this issue, two possible causes are quickly identified by both the critic and the apologist.
One is that the government is not a PH government but a unity government. While there is some truth to this, it should be noted that many of the promised reforms are also present in the manifestos of other parties or coalitions, so this is not a convincing argument.
This article, however, will focus on the second reason – the existence of a “deep state” within the civil service with anti-PH leanings that is hell-bent on sabotaging the government and undermining any reform agenda.
Funny thing is, we heard the same excuse during the first PH administration too. It turned out that if there had been any sabotage, it was done by a 90-something old man to his own team.
After the fall of the PH government, many supporters who had ardently defended the old man finally woke up to the fact that he was not their saviour.
Now that another PH-led government is foot-dragging over reforms, the “deep state” is again being held up as a convenient bogeyman.
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