In this task, given a sentence in the Malay language, and your task is to convert it into the English language.

Example input: Perdana Menteri Blair dan Canselor Brown bersetuju mengenai keperluan untuk mengekalkan penghalang nuklear.
Example output: Prime Minister Blair and Chancellor Brown agreed on the need to retain a nuclear deterrent.
Example explanation: The above sentence is correctly translated from Malay to English.
Q: Itu telah menjadi kelaziman kepada parti memerintah untuk menjelaskan kesan kepada kenaikan dan Pembangkang untuk membantah.
A:
It had become routine for the ruling party to explain the circumstances leading to the increase and the Opposition to protest.