By Chandra Muzaffar

New Straits Times-Aug 1

THE jailing of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is an act of tremendous significance to Malay and Malaysian political culture. Since Merdeka in 1957, the Prime Minister has been perceived as the principal protector of a large segment of the citizenry. As protector, he is not just the most important office-holder in the Malaysian political system – he is the inheritor of political authority in a governance structure rooted in a traditional polity, namely, the centuries-old Malay Sultanate. For protecting the interests of his people, specifically the Malays, he is ‘entitled’ to unquestioning loyalty from his ‘subjects.’

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