The 2017 Budget speech, once again saw Members of Parliament in the House reminding the government on its pledge to abolish the mandatory death penalty by amending the existing laws or to draft a new bill to grant discretionary powers to the courts, as…
2017 may turn out to be the most important year in Malaysia’s 60 years of nationhood. For change to happen, Johor will be the most important battleground in Semenanjung Malaysia. And DAP Johor shall do its best in presenting clear choices for the people of Johor to decide on the future…
The Star reported yesterday that the majority of UMNO Johor elected representatives had supposedly expressed support for a separate state election in an internal chat group as UMNO Johor is worried of being dragged down by universal disdain for Prime Minister Najib Razak, as well…
With the appointment of Shahruddin Sallah, Jorak State Assemblyman, as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU) Secretary-General, Barisan Nasional effectively loses its two-thirds majority in the Johor State Assembly. DAP Johor welcomes the development as part of the broader political realignment at both Johor and national…
Gerakan President Mah Siew Keong has made one of the most outlandish statements of our time that the DAP ‘benefited’ from the lastest Election Commission re-delineation exercise. At the same time, MCA President Liow Tiong Lai is also making a similar case to paint MCA…
Many friends, especially those who don’t read Chinese, have been asking me about Nanyang Siang Pau’s exclusive news on the front page yesterday (18th September 2016) entitled “UMNO-PAS cooperation to win power in Selangor; a pact not to fight each other”. The screenshot of the…
I usually don’t comment on retired politicians but Tan Koon Swan’s frontpage interview with Sinchew Daily today (17th September 2016) needs attention as those were the exact ideas of the 1980s which hurt millions of small depositors in the deposit-taking cooperatives scheme. Former MCA president…
The annoucement by MCA President Liow Tiong Lai in Kluang yesterday of the nominations of Gan Ping Sieu and Chin Sim Lai as candidates for the Kluang parliamentary and Mengkibol state seats marks the beginning of the “Battle of Kluang” for the 14th General Election.…
DAP Johor officially kicks starts election preparation work with this State-level Election Preparation Meeting. First, we are running against time as we cannot rule out a separate state election in Johor and Sabah as UMNO Johor is trying to “decouple” itself from the negative sentiments…
To dissolve the Penang State Assembly and to seek a new mandate from the people of Penang is probably the most difficult decision that the DAP Central Executive Committee has ever made. This move will provide a platform for people’s power to prevail against the…