Zahid Is Right About Change — but Wrong About Everything Else
[1] In a recent speech, UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi conceded that the party is still far from recovery after the heavy …
Tag Archives: DAP
Zahid’s Grand Balancing Act
[1] UMNO, once the dominant force in Malaysian politics, concluded its annual general assembly last week. There was plenty of …
Unhappy Alliances and Unfinished Nation-Building
[1] Malaysia’s politics has entered another period of uneasy flux. Across the aisle and within the government itself, alliances are …
Hannah Yeoh And The Politics Of Prejudice
[1] Before the ink on Hannah Yeoh’s appointment letter had even dried, the predictable backlash began. The usual suspects sounded …
Power Without Influence: How the DAP Marginalised Itself
[1] A few weeks after the last election, I attended a luncheon with a senior DAP leader, freshly returned to parliament …
When ‘Decency’ Becomes Control: The Real Agenda Behind Government Dress Codes
[1] It was reported recently that a woman was prevented from entering a police station to lodge a report because …
Lessons from DAP’s Defeat: The Need for Genuine Leadership
[1] The crushing defeat of the DAP in the recent Sabah elections – particularly after the party’s top guns campaigned …
Madani: land of endless scandal
[1] Many Malaysians must no doubt be disappointed, dismayed, even angry, to learn of yet another government corruption scandal, this …
URA: Empowering Developers at the Expense of the People
[1] The so-called Urban Renewal Act (URA) has been touted as a game-changer, something that would revive our cities, improve …
What the addendum issue says about Malaysia
[1] For months now, a purported addendum permitting former prime minister Najib Tun Razak to serve his sentence in his …
Dennis Ignatius 