Malaysia is back from the brink of one-party rot, but Mahathir and Pakatan Harapan must continue to forge ahead as obstacles mount

On May 9, 2018, after more than six decades in power, Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional was voted out of office.Just a few years prior, democracy and the rule of law in the country almost died. At the height of the scandal involving government fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), then prime minister Najib Razak fired dissenters in his cabinet, sacked the attorney general and shut down media companies.But the rot synonymous with a toxic one-party system runs deeper and started a long time…