0000If Pakatan is able to live up to its pledges for the good of the people, I cannot see why it would be “unethical” for some MPs to jump the BN ship and change the political equation.
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00000By keeping things unchanged, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is only sending the signal that he does not genuinely desire reform but wants to protect those with vested interests.
000He should be aware that DAP could not have formed the government in Penang and won a total number of 28 parliamentary seats, without the huge swing in the Malay vote.
00Strange that the seemingly bright and promising young politicians would choose to believe it is better for the voters to be denied their fundamental right to make an informed decision through a public debate.
0Whatever has happened in regard to religion clearly indicates that non-Muslims in Malaysia can no longer pin our hope on some "powerful politicians" in government to safeguard our rights.
0The original principle of democracy was to make those in power accountable to the people. Here, it is now used only to enrich a select few, creating a political fiefdom along the process.
0Open trade is increasingly seen as the best response to the challenge of globalisation and cut-throat competition.
0Should the powerful and influential former vice-president of the MCA have resigned from all his posts in the first place? Probably not.
0While the Chinese are disgruntled at being treated as second-class citizens, they are at the same time quick to define foreign workers as 'undesirable others'.
0new Umno and Pas supporters may have very different views on the same question, while seeking opinion from a depoliticised Chinese Malaysian could be a futile exercise.
0Amidst the climate of confusion (rather than of fear) in the last few weeks as a result of the shambolic response of the Malaysian police to peaceful protests, a friend of mine remarked in exasperation: “Perhaps we can only count on the United States for a regime change now.”
0new There is jubilation in some quarters that the Bush administration has been proved spectacularly wrong about this.
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