Anwar, Zahid And The Betrayal Of Reformasi
[1] It was only days ago that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was once again pledging long-promised reforms. He spoke loftily …
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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 …
Najib’s case: Why Malaysians Are Right to Celebrate
[1] A few days ago, the High Court rejected former prime minister Najib Tun Razak’s bid to serve the remainder …
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 …
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 …
House arrest for Najib a stunning abuse of power
[1] Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim astonished everyone by sneaking into his budget presentation a few lines about formulating new legislation …
Is the DAP too mesmerized by power to see the writing on the wall?
[1] Johor DAP chief Liew Chin Tong is apparently a happy man. He sees the UMNO victory in the recent …
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 …
Is inclusion & unity just for elections?
[1] A social media post that went viral recently wryly noted that Malaysians are united on only three occasions – …
If not Anwar, who?
[1] One of the questions commonly thrown at those who are critical of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim – dubbed Anwar …
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