Azmin’s tweets leave his party confused

Praying for Dr Mahathir to live a long life is one thing, but to pray for him to lead the country till the end of his life is something else. It was as good as telling Anwar to stop dreaming of…

Disturbing signals from Camerons

The orang asli vote was very important but the glaring fact is that when Umno and PAS join forces, they can win without the help of the Chinese or Indians. Joceline Tan, The Star THE Cameron…

When Tommy takes his slick moves to court

After the cue of the Kelantan case, will Sarawak take the same path to sue the federal government as 70.5% of the population is regarded as indigenous people and can claim native rights to the oil…

A ‘different Najib’ on campaign trail

Joceline Tan, The Star Online PAKATAN Harapan politicians say he is headed for jail but for now, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is still a free man and he is making the most of it as he joins…

Anwar’s ‘birthright’ to be PM?

Is an elected public office for one to secure, reserve and swap, as and when two individuals mutually consent? Mary Chin looks at the prime ministerial succession plan. Mary Chin, Aliran The…

Broken bridge between Anwar and Azmin

The Singaporeans are always on the alert on who will be the future leaders of Malaysia and it is obvious that they see Azmin as someone on the way up, perhaps even as the next deputy prime…

Malaysia entering dangerous waters

Rais Hussin, Malaysiakini Close to one-third of Malaysia's economy is driven by exports, a legacy of learning from Japan. When Japan was trying to recover from the devastating experience of…

When two ministers collide

It’s either Mohd Redzuan thinks other mi­­nistries work in silos and it is slowing down his progress at MED or he is setting his sights on heading Miti should there be a Cabinet reshuffle.…

The thing about royalty…

That’s the thing about royalty. It’s an institution that feeds on emotions and in turn, continues to fire dreams. Royals carry a kind of fairy-tale romance that mark them as special, exalted beings…

A new Malaysia in distress

Rafizi Ramli put it best when he said many Malay voters, especially those in rural areas, voted for Pakatan because they felt Pakatan could better handle Malaysia’s perennial cost-of-living problem.…