Another Brick in the Wall
Been watching the political event within UMNO leading to the UMNO General Assembly unfolding than writing about it. From where we are, after listening to as many sources…
(NST) - The embattled trio sat quietly in the Merdeka Hall during Datuk Seri Najib Razak's policy speech yesterday, as a standing ovation greeted the Umno president's affirmation of grassroots…
(Agenda Daily) - Even as the eyes of the nation are fixed on the ongoing annual Umno general assembly, the cohesiveness of the DAP-led Pakatan Harapan in Penang is beginning to unravel.
Umno…
Salleh Said Keruak
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that he does not wish to destroy the party and that his loyalty to Umno and Barisan Nasional has never wavered. Maybe Dr Mahathir forgot that…
Joceline Tan, The Star
EVERYONE noticed the unfamiliar seating arrangement on the Umno general assembly stage this year.
Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his deputy Tan Sri…
Yes, the Tenth of December is the day Najib demolished his detractors. It was actually game over some months ago. But the Tenth of December 2015 was the day that the winner was declared and the…
PAS is going to be very alone in this world if its friends are based on whether they accept the Islamic State and Hudud. Umno, in fact, is going to be the least of PAS’s problems. And why is PAS…
Joceline Tan, The Star
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s Umno presidential address on Thursday could be one of the most important speeches in his political career.
But there is a possibility that…
The Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA), iPeguam, Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ) and Young Professionals (YP) are deeply perturbed and greatly shocked by the call made by…
Sinar Harian
PERTIKAIAN mengenai syarikat pelaburan strategik negara, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) bukan sesuatu yang baharu di dalam negara ini.
Malah ia sudah menjadi perbualan…
So where do they go from here? Do they abandon the 1MDB and RM2.6 billion issues and go back to Rosmah and Altantuya? A more pertinent question would be: will Dr Mahathir now abandon Muhyiddin and…
The Third Force
‘Prime Minister’ is proving to be a title too horrific to bear for Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak. Ever since Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tun Daim Zainuddin chaired the roundtable…
Umar Mukhtar
The fact that Donald Trump is running for the most powerful office of the most powerful nation on earth that will place his fingers on the nuclear button is not just scary but almost…
KTemoc Konsiders
Wakakaka, surely the latest 'asset' to Pakatan Harapan must be the man who has just said that UMNO's 'fixed deposit', namely Sabah, might no longer be in support of the BN…
Will he be remembered for the positives of his tenure or will the negatives also be mentioned in the same breath?
K H Su, Free Malaysia Today
One will be hard-pressed to name another…
The Straits Times
The annual general assembly of Malaysia's ruling Umno party is taking place from Tuesday (Dec 8) to Saturday (Dec 12).
It is the most closely watched political event in…
Umar Mukhtar
After listening to ex-DPM Muhyiddin Yassin and ex-PM Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at Sultan Sulaiman Club last night, one can't help feeling that this is nothing more than an intra-party…
Norshahril Saat, Malay Mail Online
The annual assembly of Malaysia’s ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) taking place this week has garnered more attention than in previous years…
The call by the Deputy President of UMNO and former Deputy Prime Minister, YBhg Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin asking a democratically elected prime minister to go on leave is farcical in the least.
This…
And Dr Mahathir cannot accept this. Dr Mahathir cannot accept that he lost and Najib won. And this is why he went on a rampage. The RM2.6 billion was supposed to be the nail in Najib’s coffin. But…
Salleh Said Keruak
The speakers at tonight’s gathering at the Kelab Sultan Sulaiman in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, raised the same old issues that had been raised over the last one year and all…
KTemoc Konsiders
TMI - PKR names candidates for 15 ‘non-negotiable’ Sarawak seats (extracts):
Dr Jayakumar made the announcement on behalf of PKR elections director Nurul Izzah Anwar, the…
Jason Chin
In a democratic electoral system, consent of the voters derives authority of an organisation. This means that a leader is chosen based on the majority of support obtained. Looking at…
The opposition Pakatan Harapan is singing the MACC’s praises. The opposition leaders paid a visit to the MACC office to shake hands and take photographs with the officers. The opposition says that…
Salleh Said Keruak
It is no coincidence that the Umno annual general assemblies are more watched and get national coverage and international attention than those of the other political parties.…
Bloomberg
The ringgit headed for the longest stretch of gains in a month and stocks rose on optimism debt-ridden state investment company 1Malaysia Development Bhd is close to finalising the…
Rocky's Bru
I haven't spoken with Syed Akbar Ali in three years, at least, and with Raja Petra Kamarudin a while longer. About a decade ago, when blogs were fab and the Government hated and even…
Rasyhid Hamzan
The National Security Council (NSC) Bill 2015 has drawn a lot of concern from people. Social activist and president of the National Human Rights Society Malaysia (Hakam) s has…
M. Bakri Musa
Notwithstanding their common aristocratic background, obvious brilliance, and genuine nationalism, plus their overlapping leadership in UMNO, Tun Razak had little in common with…
(The Malaysian Insider) - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin no longer cares about the risks he is taking and is bent on fighting Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak to the end, say observers, as the…