Stop the rhetoric, Bersih

Hafidz Baharom, Malay Mail Online As the former chairman of the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih), Ambiga Sreenevasan should not be delving into issuing statements based on pure…

The coalition that is always sorry

Karamjit Gill, Malay Mail Online We have two major political coalitions here in Malaysia. At one end is the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition that is plagued with allegations of corruption and on…

Our weak will for change

(MMO) - The government thrives on inertia. It’s tolerated so many street rallies that another demonstration will be nothing more than a blip on the radar. The country’s institutions are under…

Ku Li Gau Li?

KTemoc Konsiders Well, we all know who Ku Li is, don't we? What's this 'Gau Li' then? 'Gau Li' is a Penang Hokkien word which means in Bahasa 'pandai bermain', wakakaka, or in English,…

Upside-down law

Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Malay Mail Online There is a blatant attempt by Najib and his supporters to make the illegitimate legitimate and vice-versa. Thus Najib’s stoppage of the investigations…

How did PAS mess up on Hudud?

The real problem is not Hudud. Hudud is just part of the Sharia. So the real problem is the Sharia. You can avoid having to talk about Hudud if you just abolish the Sharia and be done with it. No…

Malaysia is not all bad news

Salleh Said Keruak The opposition and the critics of the government are painting a bleak scenario that Malaysia is on the verge of bankruptcy and that Malaysia is amongst the ranks of the…

Riddles and lies – except the truth!

P. Ramakrishnan Most Umno politicians speak in riddles. They are so confusing and make little or no sense at all when they speak. Take the example of Islam and Malays, for instance – their…

Protect the public institutions

There is no surer way to destroy people’s faith in democracy by making it seem as if no public institution is safe, that everything must conform to the wills of the high and mighty. Karim…

In politics, it’s a fund fair

The higher the donation, the fewer the donors, the more beholden the political party would be to that said donor. Emmanuel Joseph, The Malaysian Insider Political parties exist to contest…

Why I Will Never Support DAP

YES. You got that right. My name is Jason Chin and I am of Chinese descent. Yet, I openly declare that I will never support nor cast a vote for the Democratic Action Party (DAP). Let me also…

Tony Pua’s Monkey Business

Media statement by Arul Kanda, 1MDB President and Group Executive Director We refer to a press statement today by YB Tony Pua, further to his “chicken challenge” issued yesterday. We note that…

The RPK and the Banker

It must have been a brave decision to engage the services of Malaysia's foremost political blogger, something that required an unorthodox person to execute, but right now RPK is the biggest online…

The Plot (among other plots)

KTemoc Konsiders Recall my mentioning that Mahathir had in no uncertain terms spurned Lim KS politically amorous wooing of him to get rid of the current PM? Then I had said that Mahathir (or…