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Existential Questions - Parties: Self Serving or Vehicles for Change?

Elizabeth Wong, Keadilan Central Committee Member and state assemblywoman for Bukit Lanjan | Shazwan Mustafa Kamal, Associate Director, Vriens and Partners

01-Nov-22 18:00

Existential Questions - Parties: Self Serving or Vehicles for Change?

It's a question for the ages - are political parties actually the pathways to forge real change, or are they just ways for politicians to seek and consolidate power, and keep others in check? In this episode of Existential Questions, we try to unpack that.

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Produced by: Kelly Anissa, Sharaad Kuttan, Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan, Sharaad Kuttan


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