Kuala Lampur, Aug. 15 -- The rather tangled series of decisions on key policies within the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government is a good sign of a nascent democracy in the administration, analysts have noted.

However, too much bickering in public would also put a damper on the level of public confidence in the maiden government, they said.

Edmund Terence Gomez from University of Malaya felt that the PH government must come together to make unanimous decisions on important policies, and not let the issue blow up in their faces, owing to disagreements.

He pointed to the controversies surrounding the planned introduction of Malay-Arabic calligraphy khat in vernacular schools as a prime example.

"Well, it's both. On the one hand, there is hea...