It’s a game of numbers

The role of the Sultan becomes paramount if the political wrangling fails to come up with a solution. Shad Saleem Faruqi, The Star THE raging turmoil in Selangor over the post of the Menteri…

Twists and turns aplenty

It is a mad, mad world in Selangor where the power struggle over the Mentri Besar post has resulted in political crossovers, name-calling, accusations of corruption and talk of fresh elections.…

Knives are out for Khalid

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim may be sacked from PKR by this weekend as his party pulls out all the stops to make Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail the next Selangor Mentri Besar. Joceline Tan,…

PKR’s dossier questionable

It does not give evidence of Khalid's alleged corruption, but merely lists suspicions of wrongdoing Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today PKR’s dossier lists down the reasons why Selangor…

Khalid must go

Wan Saiful Wan Jan, IDEAS It is really sad that the Raya festivities were clouded by the Selangor Menteri Besar crisis. Even on the Raya day itself I was receiving calls from reporters asking…

Loss of direction

The success of Pakatan Rakyat has not been built upon the promotion of democratic politics, economic development and social harmony. Instead, it is engrossed with the hudud law, tackling the mass…

Silly political charade

Some right-wingers have gone to ridiculous lengths to promote their narrow-minded views. Wong Chun Wai, The Ster IT used to be fairly simple. As a student at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia…

Snap polls on the cards?

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim's reluctance to vacate the Selangor Mentri Besar seat may force Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor to press for a snap state election. Joceline Tan, The Star IT was a simple…

Khalid should leave like a gentleman

V.Thomas, Free Malaysia Today Khalid Ibrahim should gracefully give up the Selangor Menteri Besar’s (MB) post in order to prevent the unthinkable – a snap election that could effectively end…

PAS faction putting party in peril

The unity government faction in PAS is having another go at brokering a deal with Barisan Nasional like it did on March 9, 2008 after results of the general election were announced Selena Tay,…

TPP-ing over?

Jayant Menon, The Establishment Post Why is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) taking so long to conclude? It has already missed three deadlines, the latest being October 2013. President…

Time Pakatan tells PAS to go

Pakatan must provide the necessary leadership to break out of the cycle of Islamisation and free the Malay mind. It can only do so if it is free of the PAS’ conservative faction. Therefore, PAS…

The end is near, Pakatan Rakyat

Today, the Selangor MB tussle has exposed a series of criticisms on Pakatan Rakyat, the loudest of all is nepotism. In DAP, Lim Kit Siang and the late Karpal Singh’s families are firmly in power.…

Can a new MB make a difference?

Can things be done differently if Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim is replaced with Wan Azizah? Izhar Moslim, Free Malaysia Today A question raised by almost all Selangorians is what…

‘Hidden hands’ steering our path

Some claim these unseen hands operate through us being a democratic nation, where we get to vote our leaders into power and also have a say in what we want for our country. Marina Mahathir, The…

The Selangor Pakatan crisis

Yet Pakatan was always, in its strategic concept, a necessarily a faltering vehicle. An idea that, in the face of undeniably enormous difficulties, was always more appealing than it was coherent.…

Khalid in the driver’s seat now

The backing of top PAS leaders has strengthened Khalid Ibrahim's position as the Menteri Besar and put PKR in a delicate situation Selena Tay, Free Malaysia Today Selangor Menteri Besar (MB)…

Don’t sacrifice quality

At the end of the day, nothing beats the maxim – quality is better than quantity. What's the use of having all those PhD holders if half of them cannot string two sentences without five mistakes?…

Has Zuhdi Marzuki lost himself?

Ktemoc Konsiders The PAS research centre operations director said the screenshot of his analysis on the WhatsApp group, which had gone viral, was based on the proposal of a senior PAS leader…