Wong Chun Wai, The Star
THERE is dissatisfaction among Malay voters, especially those living in urban constituencies in the Klang Valley, where griping about the high cost of living and…
Joceline Tan, The Star
IT was almost midnight, we were coming out of Starbucks in Batu Pahat when a sleek black Porche whizzed past us.
It was a Porsche Carrera and, according to local…
We freed ourselves from the British, but both Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) still use divide-and-rule strategies. This has allowed them to get away with having vague or no positions…
Terence Fernandez, Malay Mail Online
As we have seen in the last couple of weeks, as with all elections, there has been the standard tussling for positions and a chance to be a candidate.…
Joceline Tan, The Star
It is an open secret by now that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim seems to be calling the shots in Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR or the People's Justice Party) from his hospital…
Patrick Lim, NST
I am worried.
It has been in my mind for the past few years - are we living in a bubble that we created?
Have we been made to believe that we are popular by our own…
Erna Mahyuni, Malay Mail Online
There's one thing I love about election season: my neighbourhood looks much better. I can expect potholes fixed, freshly tarred roads, cleaner drains and…
Perbalahan politik di antara orang Melayu dan orang Cina, yang kita alami sejak Merdeka dan Mei 13, akan berterusan sehingga kiamat.
Sebastian Loh, Malaysia Impact
Sebelum saya bermula, saya…
What happened in the last few days was being done with an eye on the party election that is due to take place later this year. The Dr Wan Azizah-Rafizi camp wants their people as YBs so that their…
Joceline Tan, The Star
A crisis over the PKR candidate list in the Klang Valley is threatening to boil over amid pressure for an urgent meeting between party president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah…
The west coast Chinese folk tend to look down on PAS. They see it as a kampung party because they do not understand the Malay psyche nor do they agree with the religion. But the election candidates…
Mohamad Sabu yang sekarang ini presiden Amanah pernah mentakrifkan Anwar sebagai politikus yang ganas, malah lebih ganas daripada Dr Mahathir.
Mohd Firdaus Hamzah, Free Malaysia Today
Menjadi…
Joceline Tan, The Star
THE walls of Danny Law’s service centre in his Batu Lanchang constituency is plastered with his election posters through the five general elections he has fought since…
Philip Golingai The Star
THERE’S a photograph on the Internet that is the perfect tool if you want to fool the public. It shows a brown box containing thousands of ringgit – some say half a…
(MMO) - It is absurd to accuse the TTDI residents of committing a vague offence like “committing mischief”, especially when political players are allowed to put up illegal advertisements with…
Raja Petra, who opposed BN previously, is speaking a different language now. What is with the turncoat phenomenon these days? Shouldn’t someone with royal blood conduct himself in a more neutral…
Joceline Tan, The Star
DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has always been difficult to read and he has been super coy about where he will be contesting in the general election.
Speculation that he will…
Who most stands to benefit from a well-organised, well-exposed campaign aimed at young, urban voters, who are overwhelmingly anti-establishment, to spoil their votes.
Chew Jian Li, Free…
Joceline Tan, The Star
It was the sort of crowd that would make the opponent's heart drop to the floor.
There is no denying it, DAP's Nga Kor Ming has succeeded where the other leaders in…
DAP is heavily invested in Dr Mahathir because they need the Malay tsunami to make the Chinese voters believe that the Government will fall and persuade them to come along in greater numbers.…
Joceline Tan, The Star
The stage is set for Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister to break his own 22-year record at the top job.
He chose Langkawi for the formal announcement of his…
If the Barisan continues to get the mandate, as expected, DAP could end up occupying the biggest seats on the opposition bench since the rest of the Malay parties are generally untested, with PKR…
By Prof Hew Kuan Yau
(Translated by Priscilla Tan)
Let’s get this out of the way: in the eyes of many in this country, Mahathir was an ambitious and ruthless ruler, a right-wing Malay…
Joceline Tan, The Star
A week is a long time in politics and what a week it has been in the politics of Johor – from the Crown Prince’s controversial statement on the politics of his state to…
It is also a vote against both sides for having ridiculously sacrificed their principles for votes.
Hafidz Baharom, Free Malaysia Today
I write in reply to Chew Jian Li (Letters FMT) who says a…
Joceline Tan, The Star
ONE of Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) president Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian’s most famous patients was the late Tan Sri Adenan Satem.
The…
TUN DR MAHATHIR GAGAL BAWA TSUNAMI MELAYU, PAKATAN HARAPAN AKAN KALAH DAN DAP AKAN TINGGALKAN PAKATAN HARAPAN
Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff
Dr Wong Chin Huat adalah strategis terkemuka DAP yang…
(MMO) - “We promise to be good, and we will share the love”
That’s probably the gist of Barisan Nasional’s manifesto for the upcoming elections, which is long on general intentions and short on…
By Mansor bin Puteh
Of course a study on why Melayu have problems to unite, despite professing a single religion of Islam, unfortunately has never been done by anyone before, not even in the…
For many East Malaysian who are tired of debating over MA63, there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel. For them, time is of the essence. They are tired of promises and want it realised…