Calm before the storm?

Lim Mun Fah, Sin Chew Daily Following the swearing-in of Mohamed Azmin Ali, the dust has finally settled on the Selangor MB crisis. But it is not yet time to draw a sigh of relief as the…

Anwar wants Azmin out

The PKR supremo is laying the groundwork for a vote of no confidence. Roslan Bistamam, FMT The talk in social media is that Anwar Ibrahim had planned for Azmin Ali to be appointed the…

The move to oust Azmin has begun

Can you see why they are attacking HRH the Sultan of Selangor? Over the next two months they have to turn the public against the Sultan so that the people will agree that Azmin should be ousted…

The Kajang hangover

Praba Ganesan, Malay Mail Online Two men, a rabbi and a left-handed priest, walked into a bar. They were OK until they realised they were in Selangor, and realised further — almost…

Denouement: The MB saga ends

Through it all, this episode (if one could call it that) revealed to the people a side of coalition politics that is rarely played out in the open: conflict resolution. Fahmi Fadzil, The Star…

Testing times ahead for Azmin

Azman Ujang, The Sun Daily DATUK Seri Anwar Ibrahim's undoing has proven to be a blessing in disguise for Azmin Ali, who on Tuesday became Selangor's new mentri besar in a dramatic fashion.…

My response to Tommy Thomas

Anwar is fortunate that this is 2014 and not 1814. If not by now he would have a keris stuck in his belly. And there are many royalist Malays who would volunteer to do that deed. I suppose we will…

Cleaning up the mess in Selangor

Sin Chew Daily After Bukit Antarabangsa assemblyman Azmin Ali took his oath as the new Selangor Mentri Besar, the storm that had struck the state for several months has finally passed, leaving…

An itch that got scratched too long

Melvin Mah The so-called Kajang Move is over and instead of Kak Wan Azizah as MB intended by certain quarters within PKR, it's instead Anwar's protege Azmin Ali who was finally chosen as the MB…

Dearth of Leadership in Pakatan

Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s (TSKI) last executive action in closing the Selangor Economic Adviser’s Office should not be seen merely as a symbolic or even a spiteful…

Bitterness over Azmin

There was not even a congratulatory message tweeted to Azmin from other top Pakatan leaders (NST) - Newly-minted Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali has his work cut out for him, which…

Finally it is the Sultan who decides

HRH the Sultan wants the person who becomes the MB to know that he is the Sultan’s MB and not Anwar’s MB. Hence the person who shall become the MB is not the man or woman who Anwar wants. It shall…

Sultan played his cards skilfully

He is no novice in the game of thrones Roslan Bistamam, Free Malaysia Today When PKR sacked Khalid Ibrahim from the party, the Sultan of Selangor knew that it was game over for the 14th…

Was it a fluke? Or a well-executed plan?

Azmin is the man Anwar isn’t. He waited and waited and waited. Jeg Hui YB Azmin Ali finally got what he wanted – to be the Menteri Besar of Selangor. What I am writing now is not based on…

Anwar blinked, as usual (Epitaph V)

Umar Mukhtar That was some mushy soap-opera! Anwar had us believe that all that shenanigan was just an elaborate exercise in standing firm against an imaginary predator. It was actually simply …