It leaves unanswered, however, the question of when and how Malaysia will acquire a first world political system (a multi-party democracy, a free press, an independent judiciary and the restoration of civil and political liberties) to go with its new economic maturity.
然而，這留下未解的問題，究竟馬來西亞會在何時且如何充分實現第一世界的政治體系（多黨民主制、自由的媒體、獨立的司法審判，並恢復公民與政治自由），以齊頭趕上它的經濟成熟。