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- Kula flays Waytha for silence on custodial death
- The DAP MP slams the Hindraf leader and deputy minister for being mute over yet another death in police custody.
- Was Anwar snookered by PM in Jusuf-brokered deal?
- COMMENT Anwar is said to have agreed a deal with Najib whose terms left him open to a hit-from-behind move.
- Muhyiddin's soft-shoe shuffle over 1Malaysia BN
- COMMENT The DPM, renowned as a Malay-first exponent, now changes tack with a willingness to examine a unified BN party.
- Senate's devaluation due to perversion, argues senator
- The Senate's membership reserved for the professions is taken up by political rejects, laments an august member, Syed Husin Ali.
- Forces of darkness gaining upper hand, warns bishop
- Catholic prelate Paul Tan describes the latest Sedition Act crackdown as ‘an eerie reminder' of Operation Lalang in 1987.
- Weathering one tempest, Khalid saunters into another
- COMMENT It appears fending off Azmin’s challenge was easier for the Selangor MB than paddling rapids stemming from another quarter.
- Deputies are just that, Kula tells Hindraf
- DAP leader says Waytha's appointment as deputy minister is likely to have negligible effects on the plight of the Indian poor.
- Is a forgiven Husam on course for rehab?
- COMMENT A royal pardon for Husam for unspecified grievances may see the PAS leader playing a role in the Kelantan cabinet.
- Kula pans former Education DG and ex-top judge
- 'Now they are weighing-in on the national conversation and, as you can see, their opinions are not worth the vapour they make.'
- It's not going to be all plain sailing for Khalid
- COMMENT Incumbency and an undimmed track record have got Khalid Ibrahim a second innings as Selangor MB but he has to heed criticism.
- Best for Pakatan to co-opt rather than ban factions
- COMMENT Rift in Selangor PKR over choice of MB highlights the inevitability of factional politics and how Pakatan should tackle them.
- DAP, PKR reinforce ethnic stereotypes in Penang line-up
- COMMENT By allocating all three portfolios reserved for PKR to the party's Malay reps, DAP and PKR engage in racial typecasting.
- Sea of black shows there's no stopping this locomotive
- COMMENT The train to rectify GE13's suspected fraud-riddled results will barrel forth from its turbo charged start last night.
- BN victory or EC sorcery?
- COMMENT A clear majority in the popular vote for Pakatan has been skewered by EC mumbo jumbo to yield a BN win that has farce written all over it.
- PM or not, Anwar Ibrahim has won
- COMMENT Even if he does not become PM, Pakatan supremo Anwar has already carved out an imperishable niche in our political history.
- PAS Titiwangsa candidate bred for outreach
- COMMENT Sired in Sentul, all that comes with the sense of belonging to one's place of origin is difficult for Ahmad Zamri to erase.
- Two myths set for burial at GE13
- COMMENT The two myths are BN invincibility and large crowds at opposition ceramah not translating into votes.
- DAP's Boo says action against wayward deputy unlikely
- Party's Johor leader says the right to dissent and a hectic campaign precluded action against his deputy's breaking of ranks.
- Guan Eng reiterates hudud not in Pakatan manifesto
- ‘We will rule by consensus on major issues, not by the imperatives of the component parties,' the DAP secretary-general emphasises.
- Just as well Soi Lek did medicine, not economics
- COMMENT The MCA chief says religion-besotted Anwar would be a flop more like Abdullah than the success that economics-oriented Najib is.
- Bishop slams ex-MB for spouting gibberish
- Catholic prelate chides newfangled PAS member Mat Taib for shocking remarks on an alleged Christian propensity for violence.
- Gen Hashim identifies Shahrir's Achilles' Heel
- JOHOR Five days into the campaign and the ‘4-star' candidate for JB says he has detected his opponent's soft underbelly.
- Hindraf's victory riddled with ambiguity
- COMMENT By getting Najib to agree to some of their demands, Hindraf has gained a victory no doubt, but it comes without drum rolls.
- Anwar: Pakatan's rapport deep despite seat squabble
- 'I admit there are difficulties here and there over seats but amongst the top leadership, things get better all the time,' he says.
- Bishop says Sunday ballot a bane to Christians
- Catholic prelate says decision to hold GE13 vote on a Sunday reflects insensitivity to Christian obligations.
- Batu Gajah Fong quits - a reverberating loss to DAP
- COMMENT The party will rue the loss of one of its more passionate exponents, a casualty of the machinations of state barons.
- Gen Hashim bowls over PKR sceptics in JB
- Newly-minted candidate for Johor Baru wins over those party faithful who may have earlier regarded him as a parachutist.
- Surendran ready to take on Gobala in Padang Serai
- Having taken the plunge into politics, the PKR veep has parlayed his human rights advocacy to issues further up the rights' alley.
- Futile for Musa Hitam to decry 'due process of politics'
- COMMENT The former DPM's annoyance at Pakatan's use of his backhanded compliment to them is like crying over spilt milk.
- Hadi paddles deftly on PM-designate issue
- COMMENT Voters will decide Pakatan's choice of PM, says the PAS chief, in arguments no democrat could seriously quibble with.