THE Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) proposes that the electoral management body in Malaysia be split into three commissions with different jurisdictions and autonomies. This is so that electoral management can be implemented more efficiently, effectively and independently.
Currently, the Election Commission (EC) bears all the workload of the electoral conduct, such as voter registration, constituency delimitation, as well as the conduct of elections, such as nomination and enforcement of the Election Offences Act with assistance from other agencies such as the Royal Malaysian Police.
This proposal is made based on a research report entitled Three Is Better Than One: Institutional Reforms for Electoral Management in Malaysia. This study was conducted by Chan Tsu Chong and commissioned by Bersih 2.0.
LETTER | Reward parties that elect women lawmakers with special funding
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LETTER | We fully support and urge the government to consider the recommendations by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) to publicly fund political parties with an annual total of RM133 million in direct funding.
Parties should be funded both directly and indirectly by the government to reduce the parties’ dependence on private funds and subsequently disproportionate policy influence by the rich.
In particular, Sawo applauds the second recommendation in the Bersih 2.0 study, “Public Funding of Political Parties in Malaysia: Debates, Case Studies, and Recommendations”, that RM10 million should be provided to all parties that succeed in electing elect at least one woman parliamentarian, proportionally divided among the parties by women-held seats, and earmarked entirely for parties’ expenses in promoting women participation in politics.
Newsom s $1.5 billion plan for electric cars shifts rebate money to equity programs
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Gov. Newsom is advocating a plan to spend $1.5 billion to speed up California’s move to electric vehicles by investing in charging stations and subsidies for lower-income buyers.Daniel Kim / AP
SACRAMENTO Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to spend $1.5 billion to speed up California’s move to electric vehicles would amount to a sharp change in the state’s strategy on who should receive subsidies for zero-emission cars.
Newsom wants to erase most state funding for a popular rebate program for new-car buyers, money that has overwhelmingly gone to drivers with annual incomes above $100,000.
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Governor Newsom released his proposed 2021-22 budget on Friday. Its size – $227 billion total – reflects unexpectedly high state tax revenues.
The proposed budget is the start of a six-month conversation with the California legislature, which opens its 2021 session today. Newsom will release a revision in May which will take into account any adjustments to state revenue or any changes he wants to make. The two legislative houses will weigh in, and could propose their own budgets, before an agreement must be reached, and a budget signed by the Governor, on June 30.