Malaysia Matters Podcast

On the floor of the Senate, John Kerry spoke about the ongoing reforms happening in Malaysia: 

Malaysia, a moderate country of 27 million people with an Islamic majority, has long been a major high-tech manufacturing center, producing components of goods that are in personal computers and household items throughout our country, as well as throughout the world. It is encouraging to see economic reforms now complemented by political ones.

   In response to a call for change voiced by the people in the March 8 Malaysian elections, in which opposition candidates made gains in Parliament, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has proposed a series of significant reforms to promote a more independent and effective judiciary and to increase anticorruption efforts across Malaysia.

Kerry also mentioned the recent Providence Journal article by Stuart E. Eizenstat, on the “conflict within the Muslim world pitting modernity against reactionary radicalism”, and the relevancy for whats currently happening in Malaysia.