Recently, the issue local government elections came to the fore, with the Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin saying that a paper will be tabled to the cabinet by mid-next year. But this was promptly rejected by UMNO and PAS which are part of the Perikatan Nasional government. Why the resistance? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Thomas Fann, Secretary-General of Gabungan Demokrasi Tempatan and Datuk M. Ali, Chairperson of the Save KL Coalition.
