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- A Pakatan tsunami can hit Johor
- COMMENT The coming general election may prove Johor to be merely a BN sandcastle, and not the fortress it is said to be.
- Can Najib survive as prime minister?
- COMMENT If BN wins the elections, albeit with a smaller majority, will Umno leaders and members allow Najib to lead the party?
- Police budget formula helps BN to maintain power
- MP SPEAKS In view of the heightened crime situation, it’s high time to examine the priorities of the police through its budgetary arrangements.
- Regime change looms large at GE13
- COMMENT BN is now the longest serving elected ruling party in the world. The others are communist North Korea, China and Vietnam.
- Police personnel poorly utilised in crime fighting
- MP SPEAKS For every officer assigned to crime, six are handling other tasks, which may explain the shortage of crime fighters.
- Misplaced priorities in police budget
- If the federal government were truly interested in fighting crime, it would not be funding the police force to keep the BN in power.
- Sodomy case a bid to thwart attempts to change gov't?
- COMMENT BN’s borrowed time from Saiful’s posterior opening of the alimentary canal is over now.
- MP writes an obituary for NEM
- The NEM is stillborn as the old rent-seeking model continues to thrive under its current ill-disguised incarnation.
- End archaic voter registration system
- There are around 15 million Malaysian citizens over the legal voting age of 21 but only 10 million or so are registered on the current electoral roll.
- He helped rid two PMs, will Pak Lah be next?
- analysis Is Pak Lah the third prime minister to be brought down by Dr Mahathir Mohamad?
- Seri Perdanas cost: Now, what shall we tell em?
- 'Money galore and not a single cent to account for.' This seems to be the philosophy behind the building of Seri Perdana - 'eighth wonder of the modern world'.
- Parliament: Nazris survival game turns ugly
- Why is the minister insistent on creating a post for Parliament? Is he really concerned about the august House's 'toilets and canteen' or is there a hidden agenda?
- Needed urgently: A better Parliament
- Not only is the opposition suffering from a political system that neglects the rightful role of Parliament and places undue emphasis on the executive, BN backbenchers are also in a predicament.
- Rise of leadership by ulama in PAS (Part 2)
- PAS is grappling with issues of leadership that appear to be closely linked to its religious origin, but one argument suggests that the party has to broaden its horizon in this respect.
- Rise of leadership by ulama in PAS (Part 1)
- Recent debate on leadership by religious scholars in PAS has necessitated a look back at history and how this policy came about.
- Malaysias XXL-size cabinet
- The recently installed Higher Education Ministry constitutes another ridiculous and unnecessary addition to the already crowded cabinet.
- State government for Kuala Lumpur?
- As we commemorate Federal Territory Day on Feb 1, here are three issues to support the argument that the residents of KL should no longer be deprived of their right to elect a sub-national government.
- PAS Islamic state: A tale of two versions (Part 2)
- A brief comparison of how the memorandum and the 'dokumen' handle the issues of democracy, syariah and the "bill of guarantees" would reveal the ideological differences in PAS.
- PAS Islamic state - a tale of two versions (Part 1)
- The opposition party has two different, if not opposing, versions regarding the Islamic state - a political aim that has drawn much flak from various quarters.
- Remembering the 'PAS-side' of Pak Lah's family
- If the media is going to write at length about the late Sheikh Abdullah Fahim's role in deciding the date of Merdeka, which has nothing to do with his grandson, then it is only fair to mention the family's instrumental role in the formation of PAS.