Terence Netto

Dr M is hurled against his authoritarian past

Dr M is hurled against his authoritarian past

COMMENT | It's a deadweight in the former premier's attempts at unseating a shrewd imitator.
Pandikar’s existential problem

Pandikar’s existential problem

COMMENT | Speaker wants to be fair, he can’t be and can’t abide the reality.
Two signs no-confidence bandwagon’s off to a start

Two signs no-confidence bandwagon’s off to a start

COMMENT | Azmin’s disclosures of PAS support and tacit BN backing sets ball rolling.
Hadi demurs on no-confidence vote, but his sec-gen affirms

Hadi demurs on no-confidence vote, but his sec-gen affirms

COMMENT | Takiyuddin signals support but PAS supremo equivocates on no-confidence motion against the PM.

Azmin’s no-show at PAS meet a relief

Azmin’s no-show at PAS meet a relief

COMMENT | The billing had him as on, but he must have had salutary second thoughts.
Johor prince urging M’sians to disenthrall themselves

Johor prince urging M’sians to disenthrall themselves

COMMENT | It’s a clarion call for people to think anew and act anew.
Saifuddin joining PKR good tidings for party

Saifuddin joining PKR good tidings for party

UPDATED 12.20PM | COMMENT | Above all, it will be an assist to a no-confidence motion.
PKR gets the ally it deserves

PKR gets the ally it deserves

COMMENT | The decision of Islamic party PAS to team up with Perkasa places PKR in a bind.
PKR gets the ally it deserves

PKR gets the ally it deserves

COMMENT The decision of Islamic party PAS to team up with Perkasa places PKR in a bind.
PKR persists in trying to square the circle

PKR persists in trying to square the circle

COMMENT | Greater opposition unity attainable, Azmin contends despite daunting odds.
PKR tugged between populism and principle

PKR tugged between populism and principle

COMMENT | The party wavers between two poles in quest for commonalities with PAS.

No-confidence move against Najib gathers pace

No-confidence move against Najib gathers pace

COMMENT | From hopeless prospect, it has become a snowball. But who'll make the move?
Hisham forgets indirection is mode of Malay discourse

Hisham forgets indirection is mode of Malay discourse

COMMENT | Rulers won’t say what they want to directly; it’s impolite to do so.
Rafizi doesn't seem to get it at all!

Rafizi doesn't seem to get it at all!

COMMENT | There's a big difference between being inclusive and being indiscriminate.
Malay dominance - a clanger raises its troubling head

Malay dominance - a clanger raises its troubling head

COMMENT | S’pore envoy calls Chinese youth in Malaysia delusional for fighting it.

Best wait for no-confidence move from BN dissidents

Best wait for no-confidence move from BN dissidents

COMMENT | The arithmetic and tribal psychology are against its success.

Gripes over Pakatan Harapan’s short gestation miss the point

Gripes over Pakatan Harapan’s short gestation miss the point

COMMENT | Coalition’s swift birth is due to its predecessor’s self-induced missteps.

Pakatan Harapan stutters after quick take-off

Pakatan Harapan stutters after quick take-off

COMMENT | PKR faction casts doubt on wisdom of new coalition's swift launch.

Saifuddin could be stalking horse for BN splinter

Saifuddin could be stalking horse for BN splinter

COMMENT | Having no place in Umno, he ought to tread path of splinter party.

DAP to hold colloquium on ‘trickle up’ economics

DAP to hold colloquium on ‘trickle up’ economics

DAP leader Kula says the talk on the economy will be held in Ipoh on Saturday.

Entry ban a blot on Adenan’s copybook

Entry ban a blot on Adenan’s copybook

COMMENT | Entry bans on some peninsula activists are unsustainable.

Wanted: A chief ideologue for Pakatan Harapan

Wanted: A chief ideologue for Pakatan Harapan

COMMENT Acute need for new coalition to have a chief spokesperson on its agenda.
Pakatan Harapan, make haste, deliberatively

Pakatan Harapan, make haste, deliberatively

COMMENT It has moved swiftly, but certainty of objective just an important.

PKR, Najib in same reality-denying boat

PKR, Najib in same reality-denying boat

COMMENT One thinks PAS is indispensable, the other that his PMship is sustainable.