Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times By Barry Wain. Palgrave Macmillan; 368 pages; Review by Liew Chin Tong Liew Chin Tong is Member of Parliament for Bukit Bendera, and author of Speaking for the Reformasi Generation. Sixty odd years after Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad…
A de facto two-party system emerged from the polling boxes on March 8 two years ago. The one-party state, however, refused to make way. Thus, Malaysia missed the opportunity to evolve into a real, normal democracy. Malaysians defied threats and overcame fear to vote for…
Wakil rakyat muda Pakatan Rakyat percaya gabungan parti berkenaan kini bertambah kuat apabila elemen-elemen yang tidak diperlukan dalam parti itu kini telah menyingkirkan diri mereka. Mereka juga akur dengan tugas berat yang kini dipikul dalam mentadbir negeri-negeri yang dikuasai Pakatan – Selangor, Pulau Pinang, Kedah…
March 3 I was surprised to see The Nut Graph’s posting “No replies for 1 March 2010” which has shown my name as one of the MPs who have not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Monday, 1…
Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said on Sunday in Rompin that some 36,000 Malaysians, or 3.6 percent of the working age population, were unemployed between October 2008 and December last year. On first glance I assumed the Deputy Minister had been misquoted, but…
The Members of Parliament (MPs) of DAP would like to declare our unflinching support for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the Parliamentary Opposition Leader and the Prime Minister designate for Pakatan Rakyat. We view the recent spate of resignations by a handful of MPs from…
It has become a norm to blame Barisan Nasional whenever there is a resignation from the opposition party. After all, when the first three “independents” — Hee Yit Foong, Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi and Osman Jailu — left their parties this time last year, BN profited…