Democracy in Malaysia would be more functional, if MUCH MORE of current work and policy under the executive branch was preliminarily enshrined in vastly more detailed ACTS OF LAW endorsed by parliament. These should include BUDGETS for the implementation of various Acts of Law, and an overarching structure to facilitate such legislation.
For trivial example, we have laws protecting animals from abuse, but no actual budgets to enforce those laws, thus contributing to the widespread BROKEN-WINDOW problem about the rule-of-law in Malaysia. Other common examples include speeding on highways, using mobile phones while driving, and double-parking around places of worship.
Malaysia's public policy to-date, centres work in the name of the Executive ( king ), and practically in their Prime Minister, and the PM's cabinet. (Mahathir seems largely responsible for this, but that's a separate issue.)
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