The Pakatan crowd has been scolding people opposed to Mahathir for being selfish and idealistic, but a selfless realist will see Najib as the lesser evil. Sebastian Loh, Free Malaysia Today It’s…

Is Dr Mahathir really there to take Najib Razak down and will he be willing to step down thereafter? By Karamjit Gill, Free Malaysia Today “Furthermore, Dr Mahathir should be reminded… that he…

That is the trouble with many Pakatan leaders – they do not understand how the palace works. Whether you like it or not, in states where there are royal houses, the menteri besar candidate needs the…

Joceline Tan, The Star PAKATAN Harapan’s dream of making its vice-president Husam Musa the Menteri Besar of Kelantan went up in smoke after the palace revoked his Datuk title on Tuesday.…

What the younger voters should do is to start something like a Green Party movement, a third force, as the alternative and cast their votes. Spoilt votes does not help build a nation, it’s an…

Summing up BN's performance over the past five years, it has done reasonably well in infrastructure development but has made practically zero progress in policy adjustments, putting the overall…

Joceline Tan, The Star SARAWAK politician Baru Bian had come across Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on numerous occasions in Parliament, but last month was the first time he met the Parti Pribumi…

In the 2013 general election, 108 out of 133 seats won by Barisan Nasional came from rural seats. A total of 72 out of 89 seats won by Pakatan Rakyat came from urban and semi-urban seats – with…

Joceline Tan, The Star IT is a good thing that Datuk Seri Azmin Ali is not a reactive personality, otherwise he would have exploded like a volcano at being called a "joker" who had "done…

Philip Golingai, The Star “Just watched on YouTube. Najib in Sabah and he asked the crowd – rakyat Sabah sokong siapa? (Sabahans support who?) The crowd answered – MAHATHIR!!” a former…

If Election 2013 was about voting along party lines, Election 2018 will be about candidates. Boo Su-Lyn, The Malay Mail Online During the 13th general election five years ago, the prevailing…

If the opposition was “the lesser of two evils”, what is the substance that makes them “lesser”? It must surely be “good”!  Farouk A. Peru, The Malay Mail Online #UndiRosak buzz is sweeping…

Zainal Epi, Malay Mail Online The clock is ticking for Pakatan Harapan (PH) and its chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as they wait for the Registrar of Societies (RoS) to recognise Parti Pribumi…

From undersea tunnel to Ayer Hitam, a series of questions and doubts has emerged Tan Tian Yan, Sin Chew Daily deputy editor-in-chief (The Star) - THE trend for P148 looks promising and it will…

PPBM seems to have made inroads among the young, but it will have to take on Umno in traditional Malay strongholds. Most importantly, it must manage its coalition partners. Wan Saiful Wan Jan, The…

The new general election will feature a localization of electoral politics unseen in Malaysian political history. Karl C.L. Lee and S.K. Chia, The Diplomat With the Malaysian 14th General…

Democracy is a long-winding journey that will only thrive with persistence and active participation by all. Giving up the constitutional right to vote will disrupt the democratic process, like…

Unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world. Sometimes you need to play the hand that’s been dealt to you. (MMO) - The psyche of many Malaysian voters as demonstrated in the general elections…

Hafidz Baharom It seems that the brickbats have come out for the proponents of spoiling their vote, connected only in the use of a Twitter hashtag. Ramon Navaratnam wrote today: “That is…

Joceline Tan, The Star THE ground has been rather too quiet for comfort. People are less keen to voice their political views as opposed to four or five years ago. Back then, people would…

Wong Chun Wai, The Star THERE’S little point in venting our frustrations at politicians on social media if we are not registered as voters – it’s that simple. A staggering 3.8 million…

Jason Kay, Malay Mail Online I do not speak for #UndiRosak. I am not its leader. I don’t even think it has a leader. I speak for myself, and only myself. I am just someone who thinks that…

Ammar Suflan, Malaysia Access A FEW months ago, the thought of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad running as the prime minister candidate for Pakatan Harapan seemed outlandish at best. There was just no…

(MMO) - Democracy is not just about protecting a citizen’s right to protest against the government, but also about promoting the spirit of dissent within a political party itself, since state…

Kua Kia Soong, Free Malaysia Today The release of the “Manifesto of the 99%” by the Left Coalition provides a stark reminder to the nation of the range of reforms that matter most for a truly…

They do this because they care. If they really did not care, they’d won’t travel to a polling station. They’d be home, shopping online at Lazada. Praba Ganesan, The Malay Mail Online The…

How many in this country are aware the Malayan Chinese community was the targeted recipient of the greatest brutality by the Japanese? Tan Siok Choo, The Sun Daily RECENTLY, a speaker at a…

The assumption would be (a) I must have dressed in a sexy, revealing way to deliberately attract his attention or that of other males; (b) I acted in a flirtatious manner; and/or (c) I made…

Hafidz Baharom, Malay Mail Online There have been so many parables over Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional that I have pretty much lost track of which one actually tells the tale properly.…

Joceline Tan, The Star SABAH politician Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan was still recovering from surgery in hospital when he learnt of Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal’s comments about the opposition parties…