Kuo Yong Kooi

We can’t rely on the current crop of politicians to salvage a situation that can only get worse in the future.

Yes, the word ‘harapan’ (hope) is a valuable word indeed. One need to look no further than Barack Obama’s first term presidential campaign, he was lactating hope to the electorate. It was the right theme to be used at the right time. The American electorate had enough with George W Bush’s lies about weapon of mass destruction and war on terror. They were suffering from war fatigue, with over-dosed daily news of dead soldiers returning from Iraq in body bags.

The argument for and against the inclusion of PAS in the Pakatan 2.0 coalition at the end of the day is really about increasing the chances of winning future elections. Inclusiveness of different interest groups is of course the most pragmatic approach in winning elections.

The argument for and against the inclusion of PAS in the Pakatan 2.0 coalition at the end of the day is really about increasing the chances of winning future elections. Inclusiveness of different interest groups is of course the most pragmatic approach in winning elections.

A misfortune can be seen in a positive light.

There are moments in our life when we are stuck and can’t move forward, any path we choose seems to hit a brick wall. The current political climate in Malaysia is indeed in such predicament.

COMMENT All religious texts are guidelines to improve human behaviour.

During the Selangor MB crisis, political analysts and constitutional experts sometimes refer to the constitutional monarchy model of Britain and Australia as their guidelines.

Putting all the ‘to hudud or not to hudud’ and constitutional legality arguments aside, the one prominent point that we need to look at seriously is that the conservative faction of PAS does have a lot in common with Umno on many hotly debated Islamic topics.