Pakatan Harapan held its convention in Johor Bahru on May 17 to set the tone and direction for the coming general election. This series is a reflection on the political journey we have gone through together that allowed us to arrive at this juncture. In…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝘆𝗮𝘁 Pakatan Harapan hosted its convention in Johor Bahru today on 17 May 2026. It is to determine the direction and next steps of the coalition as we approach the general election. Let me share some of the current political context…
On 29 October when MITI Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz delivered his Ministerial Statement on the Malaysia-United States Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) in Parliament, Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul told the House that MPs would be allowed to raise questions on this issue the next…
One of the courses I did at the Australian National University in the early 2000s was on contemporary Indonesian politics, and Adam Schwarz’s A Nation In Waiting: Indonesia’s Search For Stability was a part of the compulsory course reading. It was an updated version of…
Ahead of the coming Sabah state election, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has made a promise of returning a 40% revenue return to Sabah if his Bersatu and Perikatan Nasional coalition are back in power. However, Sabahans cast doubt on him, knowing that he did not…
It is unfortunate that political debates in Malaysia often descend to just shouting matches among hardcore groups of different political hues. More than a decade ago in the lead up to the 2013 general election, I published a book with the title “Middle Malaysia: Centre…
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson is attributed as saying that a week is too long in politics. This means, a month feels like eternity. This was probably how keen observers of Malaysian politics felt throughout July 2025. The retirement of Chief Justice Tun Tengku…
Perikatan Nasional as the opposition coalition with nearly a third of Parliamentary seats actually has a decent chance to provide an alternative to Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government. Yet, without any serious solution to its leadership impasse or a viable game plan for Malaysia, it is…
At the dinner hosted by Sdr Anthony Loke for Sdr Lim Kit Siang’s 84th birthday, the DAP Secretary-General made three very important points about our elder statesman’s unique characters: coalition builder, patriot, and idealist nation builder. First, the coalition builder After the dissolution of Parliament…
I will touch upon the semiconductor industry a lot, but at the same time, I am fully aware that it is the full gamut of E&E capabilities including EMS, equipment, and even metal fabrication that makes Malaysia such a strong supply chain. Semiconductors are going…