Anwar downplays Karpal’s plan

CONSENSUS: Says Pakatan has agreed on Malay Muslim candidate for PM (NST) - It seems DAP stalwart Karpal Singh's struggle to have a non-Malay as prime minister was effectively…

Hungry for hegemony

Politics, race, religion, economics, education and national integration are today very much linked to the battle for national hegemony and the lack of ethics in Malaysia.  Politics, besides being a…

Can Anwar Ibrahim ever sacrifice Azmin Ali?

Somehow the declaration by ‘that bloke’ wakakaka that “there will be no bargaining for seats won by any component party” sounded very unilateral, a suspicion not completely unfounded given his known…

Opposition still divided

(The Star) - A deal for a one-to-one fight against Barisan Nasional is unlikely as both national and local-based opposition parties are unable to see eye-to-eye on forming a pact. Amid talks of…

Bersih T-shirts set ablaze in protest

(NST) - A group of non-governmental organisation members here expressed their anger against the Bersih 3.0 gathering in Kuala Lumpur last month by torching a box filled with Bersih T-shirts.

Bersih 3.0 and resisting power

Alwyn Lau, New MandalaHow is Power resisted? What is the relation between the Law and Transgression? To what extent is rebellion against authority determined or influenced by authority itself? And how…

Malaysia after regime change

Greg Felker, New MandalaThe government’s influence over the mainstream media enables it to tout its progress, as when it has highlighted declines in certain crime statistics, or as when the World…

What do you specifically mean?

So what specifically do they mean by Islamic architecture? Just like in the case of JAKIM banning books, we need details. You ban a book without telling us what is specifically wrong with it. And you…

‘All not well within PAS’

MCA says PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang is against the unity talks with Umno to show that he still wields the power. (Free Malaysia Today) - On the surface it appears that all is not well within PAS.…

Hudud: If PAS and Umno join hands…

Offering a hypothetical scenario to illustrate his point on hudud, MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek says if the two political superpowers come together, the rest will be rendered impotent.  “Not only…

Much ado at Ambiga’s home

Bersih brouhaha : Gerakan Belia Gagasan 1Malaysia president Shahrul Nasrun Kamarudin handing over a memorandum for Ambiga to Bersih co-chairman Datuk A. Samad Said yesterday. (The Star) - Two…