Public funding: Sawo backs Bersih 2.0 recommendations

Kota Kinabalu: Women’s advocacy group, Sabah Women’s Action-Resource Group (Sawo), fully supports and urges the Government to consider the recommendations by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) on public funding of political parties with an annual total of RM133 million in direct funding. 

Parties should be funded directly and indirectly by the Government to reduce parties’ dependence on private funds and subsequently disproportionate policy influence by the rich, it said in a statement Friday.

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