Election briefs – 2 (26/2/08)

PAS, PKR Launch Joint Manifesto For PerakIPOH, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- Pas and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) today unveiled a joint manifesto themed Progress, Prosperous and Welfare for Perak to draw…

Malaysia needs a strong Opposition

Michael BackmanSHOULD Malaysians bother to vote? The corollary of this question is: does the Malaysian Government deserve to be re-elected? The answer to the second question is no.

Seloka Pilihanraya 2008 (Siri 1)

Suratkhabar penuh dengan berita pilihanrayaSeperti biasa BN memperalatkan media perdanaSelain dari menggunakan Kemas dan BalairayaDan memegang tengkok kontraktor untuk danaBN terus menguasai TV satu,…

Wind of change or typhoon?

Goh Ban Lee (Feb 26, 2008): MALAYSIANS must be very easily excited. How else can one explain the excitement over the coming 12th general election when the Barisan Nasional (BN) will still be…

‘Loh was a pawn’

PETALING JAYA (Feb 26, 2008): The question on the lips of Kelana Jaya voters is why has their MP Loh Seng Kok been replaced just after one term? With no replacement seat, the…

PAS’ New Realist Politics?

During the time of Dr. Burhanuddin al-Helmy’s leadership (1956-1970), PAS was widely seen as a progressive Islamist party that was committed to the ideal of an Islamic state but at the same…

Barisan Nasional Land Grabs

By Little BirdFriends, another major land grab is unfolding. Last week, the Gomen announced that the mouth-watering strip of land in Lembah Pantai known as University of Malaya will be redeveloped.…

Testing Truly Malaysia

For people in fully democratic nations, the target set by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, that Barisan Nasional (National Front) -- which won 91 percent of parliamentary seats in the…