Now Gobind takes Speaker to court

By Debra Chong, The Malaysian Insider The Federal Court’s ruling last week overturning a decision made by an elected state assembly speaker crossed the boundaries separating the powers between…

Storm in a teacup

Written by John Lim, THE EDGEFew things are straightforward in Malaysian politics. With Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin's resignation as Deputy Chief Minister 1 (DCM1) as well as Penanti state…

Perak, the opportunity in crisis

Few people other than Raja Petra Kamarudin would consistently support royal intervention. For most people, whether you support royal intervention or not all depends on whose ox is being gored. Written…

Government vs Mafia

By Wong Chin Huat, The Nut Graph WE are now told by the new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak that by-elections are bad because they distract us from dealing with the economic crisis.

Unclear limits of discretion

The Constitution is still evolving and responding to the times, and only the future will tell the shape of things to come.Reflecting on the LawBy SHAD SALEEM FARUQI, The Star

The Curse of Eve – a bedtime story

This awesome piece was written by The Special Correspondent, a very special personal friend of mine, for the magazine Homme, which in turn published it some time back. I would like to share this with…

Waythamoorthy warns Pakatan

Many of the Pakatan leaders don't have the faintest idea what are our problems and how to tackle them. They control four state governments and they can resolve the important land issues facing…

Dr Mahathir’s Fevered Politics

If Dr M is bent on forcing BN to contest the by-election, let Najib nominate him as the candidate; otherwise, he could as well contest as an independent candidate. His resentment against Opposition…

Stop pushing for the crooked bridge

Ever since Tun Dr. Mahathir rejoined UMNO, he has been interfering in the new government under Prime Minister Najib Razak. Once again in the media and now, in his own blog site, he is pushing hard for…

Why there should be by-elections

Why there should be by-elections in the three state assembly seats of Jelapang, Behrang and Changkat Jering in Perak and the parliamentary seat of KulaiBy Lim Kit Siang

It’s a Long Road

By Hakim Joe I am no political analyst and neither have I studied political science. However, it does not take a rocket scientist to be able to substantiate the fact that it is going to be a…