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- Will Najib flunk final test as liberal?
- COMMENT Ibrahim Ali's inclusion in Umno's candidate list would see Najib exposed not only as feckless but also false.
- Soi Lek slips Ghani the bag on contesting Kit Siang
- COMMENT As Johor BN mulled who should contest against Kit Siang in Gelang Patah, the MCA chief slips the MB the gauntlet.
- In Perak, Anwar names candidates
- COMMENT He didn't name the seat he is going to contest but furnished humourous rationale for also being considered a Perakian.
- Kula defends Kit Siang in wake of Dr M's attack
- The Ipoh Barat MP says the need to reverse the effects of Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s misrule has prompted Lim to defer his retirement plans.
- Gen Hashim adds four-star glitter to PKR cast
- COMMENT The party's choice for Johor Baru is an accomplished former army chief with experience in several theatres.
- DAP unveils 14-point plan for Indians
- Eyeing the Indian vote, DAP steals a march on its partners by giving more heft to Pakatan's plans to lift the Malaysian poor.
- With friends like Mahathir, you don't need enemies
- COMMENT Najib discovers there's no dividends from a disinclination to offend Mahathir and his dismal dithering over GE13 date.
- On GE13, Daim predicts less and opines more
- COMMENT Prescient on GE12, Daim Zainuddin now disdains prediction for party and personality evaluations and gets them wrong.
- Huge crowd at Anwar finale in Kg Majidee
- A heavy police presence and distracting music nearby fail to deter the crowd.
- Kg Majidee may presage a Pakatan breach of Johor
- COMMENT The size of the crowd at tonight's PKR ceramah in the Umno stronghold may signal winds of change in Johor.
- Kulasegaran's dilemma - Perak or Johor?
- COMMENT He may leave his Ipoh Barat seat to take on S Subramaniam in Segamat, thereby joining the DAP thrust into Johor.
- 'High Noon' battles raise stakes in GE13
- COMMENT Anwar's contemplated move to Perak takes its cue from a template forged by Kit Siang in elections past.
- Najib can't stall SD2 accusations forever
- COMMENT While the legal travails of Anwar are about over, the ones hovering over the BN chief are barreling down on him.
- Anwar: Good leaders will smother 'Little Napoleons'
- Pakatan supremo assures Indians a Malay-dominated civil service would respond to firm leadership focused on national priorities.
- Anwar antagonists gain Pyrrhic victory in Kamunting
- Protesters force the cancellation of Anwar's tazkirah in one place but a huge audience turns up at another ceramah.
- PM to meet with retired top armed forces officers
- Retired senior armed forces officers to be bused in to Putrajaya tomorrow for briefing on the Lahad Datu incursion over tea with Najib.
- Musa's candor is bipartisanship's grist
- COMMENT By recognising that Pakatan won't bankrupt the country, Musa is crediting them as durable contenders for power.
- PM's polls-delaying gambit becomes a joke
- COMMENT It has reached the point where the joke is on him as neither BN’s prospects nor his ability have benefitted...
- Serenely BN Malacca may be shifting at last
- Large crowds at Pakatan supremo Anwar's three-stop swing may presage a shift in a state hitherto immune to the reformasi bug.
- Farcical extents of the 'Blame Anwar' psychosis
- COMMENT We are at the stage where the reflexive faulting of Anwar for all that is wrong in Malaysia has become a sick joke.
- Anwar harvests Ponggal for votes in Kedah
- The Pakatan supremo tells Malaysians to work for a harvest of votes to reclaim our land from greedy BN overlords.
- Bishop: I was not pressured by SB
- Bishop Paul Tan says his withdrawal from a panel discussion on GE13 issues is not due to Special Branch pressure.
- Pakatan's PM choice - steady does it
- COMMENT The majority has to simply stand down the PAS faction that's suddenly squeamish about Anwar as Pakatan PM-designate.
- Bishop warns against rising hate speech
- Catholic prelate says hate and incitement speech is proliferating which, if left unchecked, would strain the bonds of civil society.
- PKR's Sivarasa clarifies time frame on Anwar pledge
- Pakatan will resolve the stateless issue in 100 days, not Hindraf's medium to long-term goals which will take years.
- Seats demand behind the Hindraf-Pakatan impasse
- COMMENT Hindraf's demand for seven parliamentary and 10 state seats is the bone of contention that has stalled talks with Pakatan.
- Pakatan leader finesses a shod-dy state
- A footwear mix-up throws in a moment that had the Pakatan supremo turning incipient embarrassment to self-advantage.
- Pakatan exploits Najib's gaffe to the hilt
- PM Najib Razak's faux pas at BN's Chinese New Year bash in Penang on Monday has become cannon fodder for Pakatan Rakyat.
- Jottings from a Psy-chologist on Penang BN's CNY bash
- COMMENT Yesterday's CNY bash staged by BN proved the coalition can generate shimmer but people are sceptical about its substance.
- Bishop against giving two-thirds majority
- The Catholic prelate says Malaysians should not render a two-thirds majority to any coalition and should be against lengthy tenures.