(The Malaysian Insider) - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today he will see the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on April 2 to submit his resignation as Prime Minister.
Regardless of who was elected, the long-term outlook for Umno would not change. In the long run, Umno is doomed. It needs to change, but it has shackled itself into a corner where it cannot change.…
By Naragan N There has been some suggestions that Hindraf has been overreaching itself. Hindraf is an outlawed organization. Its leaders are detained or are out of the country. Their mouths have been…
(NST) - The Umno disciplinary board should consider investigating all the members of the Umno supreme council for money politics, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has pleaded for acceptance from his critics, pointing out that he has been elected democratically to the post.
New PM’s future depends on him being tough against his ownCorruption is seen to have corroded the party at all levels and many suspect that the only way it can reinvent itself is to lose power,…
By Farish A. Noor So now the bomohs (witch doctors) rule the roost it would seem. The news that a magic charm or spell was found hidden surreptitiously under the desk of none other than the Prime…
(mStar Online) - Datuk Seri Dr. Mohammad Khir Toyo mendakwa kekalahannya dalam pemilihan jawatan kerusi Pemuda Umno kelmarin berpunca daripada perbuatan sabotaj pembangkang dan ahli parti sendiri.
(mStar Online) - Pakatan Rakyat sebuah pertubuhan haram, demikian kata seorang perwakilan Umno hari ini sambil menegaskan, tiada mana-mana pihak termasuk media wajar menggunakan nama tersebut.
(mStar Online) - Bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad yang sepatutnya hadir sesi pembukaan Perhimpunan Agung Umno 2008 semalam mengubah fikiran kerana ia disertai ahli dan perwakilan yang…
(Hrkh) - Tindakan terbaru kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) menggantung permit akhbar oposisi dianggap sebagai tindakan jahat dan takut kepada kebenaran terbongkar.
Cries of 'rasuah'A mob of Umno members yelled, "Khairy! Rasuah!" and "Penipu!" outside the hall where Khairy gave his acceptance speech.By Deborah Loh, The Nut Graph
Party leaders and delegates split on reformBut it was really a call for more free gifts. Mazlina said that the government must ensure Umno loyalists are given positions in government-linked companies…
By Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider Despite a leadership calling for Umno to be more inclusive and narrow differences with other communities, delegates today pushed the party to move further to…
By Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian Insider Sidestepping Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's attack on Khairy Jamaluddin's election as Umno Youth chief, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said his son-in-law…
(The Malaysian Insider) - The expected backlash from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has arrived. And the venom was aimed directly at Khairy Jamaluddin, the politician who defeated Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir on…
By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani, The Malaysian Insider Losing Umno vice-presidential candidate Datuk Seri Rais Yatim said the entire Cabinet must technically resign when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah…
The table below provides the GPI rankings for the 140 countries analysed in 2008 and the 121 countries analysed in 2007, as well as year-on-year comparison. Countries most at peace are ranked first. A…
Among activists and dissidents, there is a sense of foreboding that Najib and the new UMNO leadership will resort to authoritarian measures to affirm their grip on…
UMNO’s political landscape is more or less stabilized. Now that the 59th UMNO general assembly is ending, never mind the current UMNO was actually registered (and should be known) as UMNO Baru…
Yes, I am no prostitute. And all those Malays who justify joining Umno for business reasons, and those Chinese and Indians who say they support Barisan Nasional to cari makan, are worse than…
My hubby likes to say that there is nothing uglier than four men in a car. I'm not always sure about that but when I took a look at the winners of the UMNO elections yesterday, I have to say that…
The current flurry of anti-corruption activity appears to be motivated solely by publicity seeking rather than by a clear practical strategy of identifying and isolating the disease rather than trying…
I thought I would do a post just quoting some of the things said at the Assembly. I think the following quotes demonstrate a consistent pattern - corruption, racism and divisiveness come across loud…
Is Malaysia really lost and broken? People of goodwill must continue to strive to bring about change: we can rebuild the country into a land where we do not live in fear, but in freedom, says…