The key leaders of the five parties, Mahathir, Anwar Ibrahim, Shafie Apdal, Lim Guan Eng and Mohamad Sabu must present a united front if they were to have any chance of returning to power. We need to hold together all the Members of Parliament we have and broaden our coalition.
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)…
The federal government has shown that it really does not know how to coordinate, horizontally or vertically, so it is up to the five Pakatan Plus to come together to formulate decisions and to lead the way into the New Normal of democratic and efficient governance.
Labour Day 2020 is not just another bank holiday, the way we have come to think of 1st May in recent decades. With the Covid-19 pandemic pushing the world into a global economic crisis, there is today a painful awareness that having a job is…
Muhyiddin has only a maximum of 113 or 114 seats. If Pakatan Harapan parties (PKR, DAP, Amanah) and Warisan, as well as Mahathir faction of Bersatu MPs stick together, Muhyiddin has no room to maneuver.
This article was first published in Penang Monthly on Wednesday, 22 April to commemorate World Book Day 2020. On the occasion of World Book Day 2020, when the world is locked inside their homes to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, it is apt…
Two months after the Sheraton political coup, Muhyiddin Yassin’s government is still searching for a way forward. Faced with the world’s worst crisis in a century, he has to win public trust, even to merely justify the existence of his unelected government. To a certain…
This call to action on prison overcrowding is purely an act of conscience and non-partisan. Prison inmates have as much right as anyone else to remain safe from diseases. This is all the more so when the disease is as infectious and dangerous as COVID-19.…
Until a vaccine is found and effectively deployed, which experts claim would be between 12 and 18 months away, the war on Covid-19 is going to be a long haul. As a nation that has not seen major conflicts since the Hatyai Peace Accords of…
The second phase of Movement Control Order (MCO) begins on 1st April and ends on 14th April. The Government, the society and the nation, needs to work out how to “reopen” without causing a new bout of coronavirus transmissions. The Government, via the Prime Minister,…