Chicken and egg situation

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most qualified of all? No answers from the mirror, but DAP’s choice for Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister generated a lively debate. Joceline Tan,…

It will be a helluva ride!

Expect 2017 to be a busy year as the general election might be held. Also, Hadi’s Bill will come up again, we will celebrate our 60th birthday, and host the SEA Games. Wong Chun Wai, The Star…

HAPPY NEW YEAR MALAYSIANS!

Raja Sara Petra Another year gone and another year ahead of us. 2016 can be described as a most volatile year, as was the year before that. 2015 and 2016 were years of political instability and…

What lies ahead of us in 2017

Salleh Said Keruak 2017 promises to be a most unpredictable and probably 'dangerous' year for the entire world. The conflict in the Middle East, if the ceasefire cannot hold, will escalate into…

Azmin, what about your ‘rasuah’?

Raja Sara Petra In April this year, The Star reported: "DESPITE incurring costs amounting to RM1.1bil for providing 20 cubic metres of free water to households in Selangor, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri…

What price Malaysia’s trust deficit?

Malaysians, it seems, are less willing to go along with government policies no matter how attractive the long-term benefits are. Abdillah Noh, The Straits Times The last weeks of December…

Menjawab Ezam

Mohd Faisal Rohban Ahmad 1. Seperti dijangka, alat sewaan politik yang bernama Ezam Mohd Noor tidak akan berani menyaman orang yang mencabarnya supaya disaman dan akan memperlekehkan pencabar.…

Felda must take criticism seriously

The most important thing with regard to Felda’s proposed purchase of EHP shares is whether the investment will add value and bring positive returns to the company. TK Chua, Free Malaysia Today…

Malaysia: A Place of Refuge

Bernard Goh “Fire. There was fire everywhere. The rioters set fire to my house as delirium set in. I scrambled out of my village on foot, carrying my baby while I left behind everything I had.…

Be an honourable team player

At times it can be quite annoying that some want ‘authority’ but not the accompanying ‘responsibility’ or even not realising there’s an accountable ‘responsibility’ with that ‘authority’.…

Bila Otak Dah Mereput

SeaDemon Says Semalam, ketua songlap negara menyatakan bahawa pengambilan BR1M adalah merupakan suatu perbuatan rasuah dan adalah salah di sisi undang-undang. Umum tahu walaupun pemberian…

Are you serious, Mahathir?

Salleh Said Keruak Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad made a most astonishing statement that BR1M tantamount to corruption and is therefore illegal or a crime from the point of law. Mahathir's…

A case of Malays selling Malays

On 3rd December 2016, Mahathir and Kit Siang sealed a deal that Boboi will become PM with Kit Siang as his deputy. That is why Mahathir no longer wants to talk about the matter lest the Malays get…

Musa Hassan bodoh macam lembu

The Malaysiakini readers are arguing that one is innocent until proven guilty and that the accuser must prove guilt and not the accused prove innocence. And just because you may have certain…