A governance system in deep disrepair
Things are moving very quickly. The political situation is extremely fluid. Rumours abound of shifting alliances and ambitious men waiting …
Category Archives: Politics
Mahathir’s National Recovery Council
Dr Mahathir Mohamad may be 96 but his ambitions remain as red-hot as ever. His party may have been reduced …
Is Malaysia a failed state?
Daniel Moss clearly struck a raw nerve when he suggested in an opinion piece that Malaysia is stumbling towards failed …
Time to send this government packing
Every time Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin (if that is still his name) sallies forth with a pronouncement on the state …
End the emergency; reconvene parliament
A newspaper headline yesterday (10th June) said it all – “Confusion reigns!” The government is now completely dysfunctional. Cabinet can’t seem …
Absurd & delusional
Two disparate events this week reminded me just how absurd things are getting in this nation of ours. It’s almost …
AN UMNO-DAP COALITION: DREAM TEAM OR JUST DREAMING?
Whatever else may be said about Malaysian politics, one thing is clear: it is far from boring. Just when we …
Najib’s appointment a new low for Malaysia
The appointment of former prime minister Najib Tun Razak as chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) backbenchers club in parliament …
Please, not another Mahathir administration
Despite the King’s appeal, intense politicking rages on unabated. Divisions are now so deep and personal ambitions so great that …
Malaysia: No good options but perhaps a silver lining
The stunning rebuff of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s plans to declare a state of emergency has been rightly hailed as …
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