The MACC appointment: setback for the reform agenda
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad’s sudden and surprise appointment of Latheefa Koya, a much respected human rights lawyer, to the …
Category Archives: Democracy
The Rome Statute & the threat to Malaysia’s constitutional democracy
Like many Malaysians, I am utterly dismayed, even disgusted, with the way Malaysia’s accession to the Rome Statute, the treaty …
The Suhakam verdict: where’s the outrage?
Last week, the Suhakam panel investigating the disappearances of Pastor Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat delivered a courageous, groundbreaking, …
Hadi: the voice of hypocrisy
At a party-political campaign meeting in Cameron Highlands in support of the UMNO candidate, PAS president Hadi Awang insisted that …
PPBM: Passion or Profit?
PPBM vice-president Rashid Rahman’s call for contracts to be given to PPBM division chiefs and the enthusiastic response it elicited …
The trouble with having a PM-in-waiting
As Anwar Ibrahim settles into his role as prime minister-in-waiting, the question of what’s a PM-in-waiting supposed to do while …
A parliament to be proud of
It was a surreal experience sitting in the visitors gallery of the Dewan Rakyat the other day watching members of …
Najib: the end of impunity?
These are heady days we are living in, days few imagined would come to pass – a former prime minister …
Mahathir’s shadow boxers
Reading Dr Mahathir has always been a full time occupation. Despite his many years in office and the millions of …
The monarchy & the people
The issue of our constitutional monarchy is once again in the headlines. Always a sensitive subject, it has led to …
