Winning Non-Malay Votes: The Challenge for PAS
[1] There was a grudging consensus amongst Malay opposition parties who gathered recently to forge yet another lose coalition (Ikatan …
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Between an unpopular government and an inept opposition
[1] The latest kerfuffle between PAS and Gerakan and the squabbling between PAS and Bersatu over who should lead are …
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 …
Do non-Malay voters matter?
[1] At the recent PAS muktamar, PAS leaders called for greater efforts to win non-Malay support. They even took the …
If not Anwar, who?
[1] One of the questions commonly thrown at those who are critical of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim – dubbed Anwar …
When politicians want to go to heaven
It was reported that UMNO’s sole assemblyman in Kelantan, Mohd Syahbuddin Hashim, voted along with the rest of the state legislature to …
Why PAS is not for me
In the hope of broadening the party’s appeal in Selangor, a PAS leader is now regurgitating the party’s old ‘PAS …
Hoping that PAS will moderate its behaviour is just wishful thinking
In a recent interview, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he would not reject the possibility of PAS joining the unity …
Post-election notes 5 | Only Sabah & Sarawak can save Malaysia now
The August 12 elections are the clearest indication thus far of the shift in Peninsular Malaysia towards a more conservative ethno-religious …
Post-election notes 4 | Can Anwar turn things around?
Whichever way you cut it, the results of the August 12 elections were a huge setback for the unity government …
Dennis Ignatius 