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- EC to blame for poor overseas voters response
- COMMENT If the EC had wanted M'sians abroad to register in large numbers, regular voter registration should've come first.
- Najib should admit error in sunny GNI figure
- COMMENT Was Pemandu merely incompetent in providing the wrong figures to the PM, or was it hoping the public would not notice?
- 'Najib's economic figures are fictional'
- COMMENT The PM's figures were taken from Pemandu CEO Idris Jala's twisting of the 2009 and 2011 GNI figures to show a ‘fantastic' growth rate.
- It's not the economy, stupid
- KINIBIZ Things seem to look good for the country, so why is there still talk of BN losing power in the upcoming general election?
- Early Christmas presents
- COMMENT I hope that we can have a mature and sensible discussion over this matter rather than to resort to baseless accusations.
- Congress marks the coming of age of the DAP
- COMMENT The road towards remaking DAP into a more inclusive party needs to continue with the fielding of winnable and winning non-Chinese candidates.
- Signs that the ETP and GTP are failing?
COMMENT M'sia's fall in ranking in the WEF Global Competitiveness Report from 21 to 25 indicates that all is not well with these programmes.
- Malaysia safest country in South-East Asia. Really?
- COMMENT Kian Ming tears apart the claim. Ironically, his house was attacked by thugs while he was doing research for this article.
- MCA's new dilemma - how to work as opposition
- COMMENT Even though MCA is part of the BN ruling coalition at the federal level, it has many characteristics of an opposition party.
- Malaysia in the event of regime change
- COMMENT Ong Kian Ming spells out five main challenges facing a Pakatan federal government should it take power after the next general election.
- The strange case of recycled ICs in Sabah
- COMMENT How can the old IC number of a Chinese male voter born in 1939 be given to a female Malay voter born in 1958?
- Questionable foreign-born citizens in voters roll
- COMMENT Gov't agencies have been registering foreign-born voters without house address and street names in S'gor.
- Non-resident voters: EC economises with 'truth'
- COMMENT Researcher Ong tears apart the EC booklet, ‘The Truth Behind the Accusations and Lies towards the EC'.
- EC has not been honest in its rebuttals
- COMMENT Malaysian Electoral Roll Analysis Project (Merap) raises two issues to illustrate that the EC has not been honest in its responses.
- Electoral roll: What else is the EC hiding?
- COMMENT There are further problems involving far more voters than those identified in the author's previous two articles.
- 'Dubious' voters may decide GE13
- They can be illegal kingmakers in at least 35 seats.
- 10 major problems in EC's electoral roll
- ANALYSIS The PSC report tabled in Parliament this week has failed to acknowledge key problems in the electoral roll.
- The Great Debate's political impact - one week later
- COMMENT What most Malaysians may not have realised is that the one cardinal rule associated with political debates is, ‘Don’t Screw Up’.
- 2012 Budget based on too rosy growth projections
- COMMENT The projected budget deficit of 4.7% of GDP, a reduction from the 5.4% in 2011, is probably not realistic.
- For now, a healthy dose of scepticism
- Instead of reacting with glee, Kian Ming explains why he has chosen to be sceptical over Najib's announcement.
- Bersih rally important, but not a game changer
- COMMENT This rally was an important political event, especially among those who participated, but it is not a game-changer.
- Challenges for BN, Pakatan after the S'wak polls
- ANALYSIS Here are some implications and challenges for each of the major parties within BN and the opposition.
- S'wak: Why Pakatan failed to deny 2/3rd majority
- ANALYSIS The anticipated swing among the non-Muslim bumiputera voters was not big enough for Pakatan.
- Seats of contention between PKR and DAP
- COMMENT Arguments can be made on both sides as to why they are better suited to contest in the disputed seats but...
- Dissecting BN's twin wins in by-election
- ANALYSIS The swing to BN among Malay and Indian voters continues, while semi-rural Chinese are warming up to the ruling coalition.
- BN to win Kerdau and Merlimau
- PREDICTIONS The by-elections statistics so far indicate that the BN could triumph handsomely in latest polls, thereby triggering an early GE.
- Soi Lek wrong on Chinese support
- ANALYSIS A point of contention has been whether the BN’s share of the Chinese vote has increased or decreased.
- BN to win with 700-vote boost in majority
- PREDICTION TENANG It can ride on the larger national trend of voters, especially Malays and Indians, moving back to the BN in 2010.
- DAP polls: A strategically advantageous outcome
- COMMENT Political analyst Ong Kian Ming explains why he describes the results of yesterday’s DAP Selangor polls as ‘strategically advantageous’.
- Galas, Batu Sapi - two giant leaps for BN?
- Ong Kian Ming explains where he went wrong in his predictions for Galas and Batu Sapi by-elections.