Professor Robert Shapiro, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Dr Lee Hwok-Aun, senior fellow, Malaysian Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Eddin Khoo, Author, Rukunegara: A Brief Introduction

Dr G. Manimaran, Election Analyst

Denys Mykhailiuk, Chargé d'Affaires, Ukrainian Embassy in Malaysia

Yin Shao Loong, Deputy Director, Khazanah Research Institute

Dr Greg Raymond, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University (ANU)

Associate Professor Dr Fernando Casal Bertoa, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham United Kingdom and member of the OSCE/ODIHR Core Group of Political Party Experts

Gayathry Venkiteswaran, assistant professor, School of Media, Languages and Cultures, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Kevin Zhang, Senior Research Officer, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Adib Zalkapli, Director, BowerGroupAsia

Associate Professor Dr Helen Ting, senior fellow, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Mary Magdaline Pereira, executive committee member, Aliran

Nalini Elumalai, Senior Programme Manager, Article 19 (Malaysia)