Sim Kwang Yang

Real meaningful change will come to Malaysia only when our institutions and our laws are reformed that will deliver justice to all Malaysians, says Sim Kwang Yang.

Raja Petra and his gang of Barisan Rakyat bloggers were not invited to dinner by 3-in-1 Minister Rais Yatim. To ask the reason why would be stupid of me.

The real truth behind Najib's unwillingness to engage BN in another electoral tussle with Pakatan is simply that he is afraid to lose another by-election.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is very much the prisoner of the kind of Umno racial narrative that used to be effective in those Mahathir years.

At this stage in our nation’s history, the debut of an opposition shadow cabinet is a pre-condition for the nurturing of a healthy two coalition system of party politics.

In all those three decades of Najib's unimpressive career in government, when was the last time that you heard something inspiring or original from him?

It is always satisfying to see that lies do not prevail during elections in Malaysia. There is hope yet in our country. We must not underestimate the wisdom of our common folk.

In a by-election in rural Sarawak, a win for the opposition would always be a miracle of sort; the playing field is tilted sky high. Then again, nothing is certain until the votes are in.

In my hazy estimation, among the three Pakatan partners, the most disciplined and the best organised party is PAS. DAP should come in second. PKR has to be last.

The desperate situation for people living at the resettlement site threatens to worsen in the next couple of years, particularly as compensation payments run out.

In Mandarin, the word ‘termite’ is pronounced as 'Bai Ma Yi' which sounds pretty close to 'White Hair', the universal nickname given to Taib by his disloyal subjects.

Najib has assured that BN will not be dispensing “instant mee” projects during by-elections but Sarawak ministers have started to rain goodies from the sky in Batang Ai.

When a Sarawakian implies that PKR is a 'non-local' party, that exclusivist labelling to cynical people is a reminder of the image of a dog pissing on a tree.

comment The Sarawak bloggers are a new force, a digital civic society that accumulates social capital in the state. Their first big battle for a free Sarawak begins in Batang Ai.

comment What we need is a healthy two-alliance system more or less balanced for alternative government to be formed once every so often.

comment In a small constituency like Batang Ai, all you have to do is to dish out RM4 million, buy up 4,000 votes at RM1,000 a piece, and you have already won.

comment Election dates have not been fixed but the towns in Sarawak are already abuzz with the question of who will be the fighting cocks in the battle for Batang Ai.

comment The sedate and tranquillity of the ulu landscape in Batang Ai will be disturbed by the war drums of a by-election within 60 days.

comment She has the heart for the job, but can she, with her political innocence, withstand the stench that fills the political cesspool?

comment Now that the polling dates for the by-elections in the two bukits have been announced, the first issue of interest will be "who would be the candidate"?

comment Good or bad, the current political upheaval in the country, the cut and thrust of political offensives, and plots and counterplots will continue for a while.

comment I saw how jub ilant Najib Razak was on television when he announced the coup in Perak. His joy may be all too premature.