Archive - 11 May 2013

Since its inception 67 years ago, Umno had accepted non-Malays as partners and would continue to defend moderate, fair and equitable policies for all.

Wan Ahmad said the memo was clearly made without proper research and by those who did not understand the law.

Election strategist Ong Kian Ming will head a committee to ensure the EC comes up with a fairer distribution of voters this time.

The act of certain parties fanning racial issues recently is an act of ignorance that is against Islamic principles, says Asri.

The international weekly's advice to the PM is to go forth boldly on his reforms banking on his party popularity.

Accompanied by wife, Rosmah Mansor, the prime minister arrived at 1.30pm and spent about 15 minutes with Azizan and his family members.

That the decision has upset so many reveals that the community still needs the party, says the party leader.

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang says the PM’s pledge to serve regardless of race and religion should be followed by real action.

Blind recognition of BN's win would set a dangerous precedent in world governance, warned poll reform group Global Bersih.

Terengganu MB Ahmad Said leads for the second term following the coalition's victory in winning 17 out of 32 state seats in Sunday's GE13.

ANTIDOTE The BN choke hold on the rural communities can't be sustained through exploiting their resources with little in exchange.

UPDATED 3.41PM While internal disputes are common, this should not spill over and affect the administration of the state.

UPDATED 4.43PM Embattled MCA chief says ‘the majority’ want him to stay until he ties up all loose ends by December.

The ex-info minister says the two’s ‘internal bickering and misunderstanding’ contributed to BN losing some seats to Pakatan.

UPDATED 2.54PM Deputy president Chang Ko Youn will take over as acting president until party polls, when Koh steps down next week.

UPDATED 3.08PM ‘Let them close. Let us step up and replace BN parties to serve the people,’ Lim Guan Eng tells DAP's newly elected reps.

UPDATED 4.09PM DAP joining BN is ‘completely out of the question’ but he jokes that BN may want to consider joining Pakatan.

COMMENT Urban youth voted across ethnic lines for the opposition, by 2020 urbanisation is expected to exceed 70 percent.Red flag's up.

FREE YOURSAY 'Ghani, there is no shame in losing with dignity, but there is no honour in winning by cheating.'

As it celebrates its 67th anniversary today, Umno must take new steps to ensure that it will stay relevant, says a political analyst.

COMMENT If professor Khoo Kay Kim claims he has been misquoted by Utusan, then where is the printed clarification to correct this?

FREE YOURSAY ‘Malaysia as a whole has grown wiser, but not the BN component parties, which are still living in the past.'

ANALYSIS Here are some suggestions on how we can collectively move towards a better Malaysia, five years from now.

COMMENT Rift in Selangor PKR over choice of MB highlights the inevitability of factional politics and how Pakatan should tackle them.

Six days after the polls, there seems to be no end to the backwash as vote-buying allegations continue like never before.

It was announced that another protest planned at the Merlion Park had been cancelled after the police spoke to the organiser.

FREE YOURSAY 'What PKR consensus is he talking about? DAP and PAS have 15 seats each while PKR only has 14 seats; where did Azmin learn his math?'

FREE YOURSAY 'Gerrymandering has become too overbearing and disenfranchisement has become too excessive.'

FREE YOURSAY 'If this system is not reformed now, come GE14 the outcome will still be the same no matter how hard Pakatan fights.'