The whole country now knows about Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s lack of majority in Parliament, as well as his lack of control in Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. Pakatan Harapan (Amanah, DAP and PKR) and Warisan, together with Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s faction of Bersatu –…
The existing arrangement of Muafakat Nasional between PAS and UMNO is not as straightforward as one plus one equals two. There’s more to this than meets the eye. As a political science student researching PAS and later as a politician working closely with PAS leaders,…
If Pakatan Harapan Plus – PKR, Amanah, DAP, Warisan and Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s faction of Bersatu – can hold together without being cracked, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will likely have to make one of the two following choices: First, to go to the polls…
At Sheraton Hotel in the early hours of 10 May 2018, the mild-mannered Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin pulled me and Lim Kit Siang aside to ask DAP to support a Bersatu candidate for the post of Johor Menteri Besar. He needed the favour to acknowledge…
First meetings In the text messages Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin sent me in the past four years, he would always preface it with “Bro”. As I am younger than some of his children, I always courteously address him as “Tan Sri.” My personal story of…
Listening to the brief economic related parts of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s speech on 10th May made me wonder if the Government has ever known what needs to be done to save and keep the economy going. For instance, Bantuan Prihatin Nasional was a fire…
Economic hardship hits everyone. And hits the lower income groups and the poor most, regardless of race and religion. Many of us have seen photos of long lines of queue in front of pawnshops on the first day after the strict movement control order (MCO)…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.