The presidential premiership in Malaysia has finally ended. This means the prime minister is no longer able to lord over everyone in the political system. The 2018 election ended the Umno one-party state which ruled Malaysia from 1955, two years before the nation even achieved its independence. A…
With the resignation of the Muhyiddin government, the new prime minister and his or her new government must put war against Covid-19 on the top of their list. The survival of this new government hinges on its success (or failure) to bring down the number…
While Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s government only commands a minority in parliament, those who wish to see him gone would need to cobble together an alternative majority. After his audience with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on Wednesday, Tan Sri Muhyiddin…
It would be ideal if Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin decided to resign honourably. Or at the very least take a less confrontational approach towards the palace by apologising and offering the heads of the Law Minister and the Attorney-General. Then, Malaysia could have avoided a…
Today a decade ago, we were being tear-gassed on the streets of Kuala Lumpur during the second Bersih rally on 9 July 2011. In my opinion, of the five Bersih rallies between 2007 and 2016, the 2011 one was most consequential. Days before the rally,…
A year ago, I published my book “The Great Reset” in a modest attempt to explain how the once-in-a-century Covid-19 crisis is going to reset our politics, the economy and healthcare system. However, the powers-that-be didn’t bother to learn much from the 18-month Covid crisis…
Each time I look at the raids and other punitive actions such as hefty compound by the government’s enforcement agencies on helpless ordinary people for violation of SOP and other minor offences, I imagine something terrible. The image of Tunisia’s Mohamed Bouazizi setting himself on…
Winston Churchill is attributed as saying “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” Today, Malaysia is being presented with those two “other” choices. The first “other” is Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s less than democratic emergency government which is…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.