Billions lost in defence procurement scandals
At the end of the day, having spent billions on defence, we are left with aircraft that cannot fly, helicopters …
Category Archives: good governance
Deep state, poor leadership & plain incompetence
Talk about the deep state – a state within a state, a covert, shadowy body of bureaucrats and power brokers …
Dignity cannot be premised upon bigotry
I suppose no one was really surprised that the recently concluded Kongres Maruah Melayu (Malay Dignity Congress) quickly descended …
Pakatan Harapan: Divided & distracted
I was outside the gates of Parliament last week in support of a group of fishermen, environmentalists and concerned …
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 …
ECRL: time to cut our losses and move on
The East Coast Railway Link (ECRL), one of Najib’s toxic legacies, is an issue that just won’t seem to …
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 …
Pakatan’s 100 day score card
With the completion of its first 100 days in office, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government has quite naturally come under …
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 …
