Separation of powers

It should be noted at the outset that the Westminster system doesn’t separate powers as ostentatiously as the US or France systems do; the biggest difference being that Heads of Governments are…

PAS-Dulu Dan Sekarang

Pada masa yang sama, mesej politik PAS pula mestilah mendapat sokongan semua kaum, atau sekurang-kurangnya orang bukan Islam tidak menentang atau menolak PAS. PAS mesti memperjuangkan hak asasi…

PASSION HAS TO BE HANDLED WELL

I did not try to, but I always instill PASSION into my students, my athletes and my football team. I tell them that they must be winners and that coming out 2nd is to be a winner amongst losers.…

Repeat result will do for Barisan

By Baradan Kuppusamy (The Star) IT IS by-election season again, and this time it’s a straight fight between PAS and Umno for the hearts and minds of the 20,500 voters in Permatang Pasir, Penang.…

Umno represented by disbarred lawyer

(The Straits Times) KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 – Nearly as soon as he filed his papers to contest the Permatang Pasir by-election yesterday, Umno candidate Rohaizat Othman ran into controversy.

Semua Ini Dalam Perancangan Mereka

By GoMalaysianPunca Barisan Nasional menekan Pakatan Rakyat adalah supaya mereka tidak mempunyai peluang dan masa untuk bermainkan isu rampasan kuasa Perak dan sebagainya. Mereka juga mahu Pakatan…

The Permatang Pasir question

(The Nut Graph) THE Permatang Pasir by-election on 25 Aug 2009 is a chance for the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to test what the public thinks of their cobbled partnership, post-March 2008 general election and…

Doc: I did not speak to MACC officers

(The Star) SHAH ALAM: A senior government pathologist testified that he interviewed Teoh Beng Hock’s family but admitted that he did not speak to any Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission…

Reckless bloggers can be prosecuted

(The Star) KUALA TERENGGANU: Bloggers who incite hatred or harp on sensitive issues like race and religion in their postings can be prosecuted for sedition, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin…

No shop accepts one-sided coins

By Shannon Teoh (The Malaysian Insider)It has been somewhat surreal reading The Star of late. On Thursday, it ran a front page blurb which said, “Tee Keat: It’s a smear tactic.”…

More theories over Teoh’s death

"I put it to you that because you (the pathologist) did not question the MACC officers, you, thus, did not obtain the material facts that resulted in your rejecting the possibility that a…

The political front is expanding

But the unexpected death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock has become a political chips for Pakatan to strike back. Therefore, BN changed the strategy focus to tag Pakatan. DAP has been accused of…

Racial politics heats up

In his efforts to boost appeal across races, Mr Najib Razak launched 1Malaysia, a programme that promotes inclusion and 'Malaysian' values. --PHOTO: REUTERS

Merdeka and the Malay rulers

But if the Malay rulers' final pre-independence admonition is to enjoy the great prestige, and carry the enormous political weight today that some political leaders now wish it to bear, it is…