No one wants to deal with a political crisis and an economic one at the same time. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today The Chinese get mentioned a lot after votes are counted in any election.…

The Opposition’s self-defeat is the major factor for BN’s winning formula to prevail. However, some Pakatan Harapan supporters and politicians continue to blame their defeat on the voters and the…

Anil Netto All kinds of hurdles are placed in the way of releasing information under the Freedom of Information Enactment in Penang. First, you have to apply. Fair enough. Then you have…

PKR called for an emergency meeting on Saturday night after the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-election results were announced so that they could plan their statements for the following morning…

Umar Mukhtar The written reactions of young 'cikus' like PKR's Rafizi Ramli and DAP's Tony Pua after the opposition disaster of the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections are typical of…

The Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections were supposed to prove many things. One of the things it was supposed to prove is that Najib is no longer wanted and has to resign immediately. It…

The Malaysian Observer If Amanah thinks that their political savvy and acumen are the chief reasons that received a few votes then they are severely in need of oxygen! It was only due to their…

Bringing forward Hadi's bill for tabling was a brilliant gambit that targeted the opposition's weaknesses. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today The results of the by-elections in Kuala Kangsar and…

While Barisan Nasional celebrates, the losing side has a lot to ponder and work on in the aftermath of the twin by-elections. Joceline Tan, The Star THE Umno headquarters in Sungai Besar was…

Dr Wong Chin Huat, Today Online Former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad is arguably the biggest loser in the twin by-elections in Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar held on Saturday. His call…

Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim Alhamdulillah pada bulan Ramadhan yang barakhah ini, kes Saman Fitnah yang saya failkan terhadap portal The Malaysian Insider (TMI) berakhir hari ini setelah kedua-dua…

BN only managed to get 35% of the Chinese voters, up from 10% in the last general election. This kind of voting trend is actually ideal in our multiracial, multireligious country. Kong Len…

Umar Mukhtar If you have ever attended an opposition ceramah, everything they say seems clear-cut. And if they don't seem like that to you, then it's because you are stupid or you have eaten…

LSS Recently, I have been asked why I am not commenting on Muhyiddin Yassin's alleged extra-marital sex-for-money issue and whether this is true or not. My answer to them is that this is…

Islam seeks justice, not punishment. So this is what the Syariah courts are supposed to do, offer you justice. But then millions are collected in zakat every year while abandoned wives and single…

Mahathir turned the Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar by-elections into a Referendum. He went to the ground to tell the voters if they oppose Najib then vote Pakatan. The voters voted Barisan with an…

SeaDemon Says A little over 50 years ago, Tun Razak persuaded my father who was then a Special Branch staff officer in Bukit Aman, to accompany him to Bangkok for the negotiations to end the…

Another Brick in the Wall On Sunday, exactly last week, Tun Dr Mahathir appeared at Sungai Besar to attend a make shift colloquium on 1MDB organised by DAP. Three days later, it was…

For Umno-BN, this win would be the endorsement of the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his government; for PAS, it would have been a show that they can walk alone; and for Amanah, had it…

There must be a better way of doing things than to impose sudden and drastic rate increases. Scott Ng, Free Malaysia Today The attitude the average Klang Valley dweller has towards tolled…

Kelantan is clearly a failed state and its PAS government doesn’t have a clue how to uplift the standard of living of the people there. They certainly deserve better. Wong Chun Wai, The Star…

The thumping victories in the dual by-elections signal that Barisan Nasional is on the comeback trail, with the Chinese vote swinging back. Joceline Tan, The Star THE political tsunami has…

For many in Umno, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s campaign against Umno in the recent by-elections was seen as the ultimate betrayal and the torching of the last bridge. Joceline Tan, The Star TUN…

(MMO) - The Opposition’s crushing defeat in the twin by-elections proves that PAS cannot hold its own with just Malay support while Amanah cannot only rely on non-Malay votes, said observers.…

Umar Mukhtar The Malay voters of Sungai Besar and Kuala Kangsar have spoken; they trust their future in the hands of UMNO. Rightly or wrongly, they have screamed out loud to those who want to…

Salleh Said Keruak In the 2013 general election, the majority won by the Barisan Nasional candidate in Kuala Kangsar was just about 2% (51% versus 49%) while in Sungai Besar it was just about…

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Because of the scandal involving someone else’s wife, Muhyiddin is as good as finished. So Mahathir is looking at a replacement proxy Prime Minister. And since it has to be one of the Umno Vice…

(Bloomberg) - After 12 days of campaigning, 42,365 people in Sungai Besar in Selangor state and 32,632 in Kuala Kangsar in the northern Perak region will pick new lawmakers on Saturday (June 18)…

(Bloomberg) - Voters in two Malaysian districts head to the polls Saturday in by-elections that will indicate the extent of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s hold on his party. More than 42,600…