Kuala Lampur, March 4 -- The year began on a positive note when prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pledged to get four key reforms through Parliament.

These included bills to separate the powers of the public prosecutor and attorney general, a 10-year term limit on the prime minister, an ombudsman and a freedom of information bill.

However, on Monday, the term limit bill was torpedoed when the Madani government narrowly failed to get the required 148 votes in the Dewan Rakyat.

This reminded me that aside from the proposed reforms the government is trying to get through, we are in the midst of a critical electoral delineation exercise.

The truth is that there currently exists a gross disparity in terms of the number of voters pack...