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Defending our system of parliamentary democracy by implementing institutional reforms. Strengthening the system of check and balance so that no individual has absolute power.
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BR1M is no substitute for holistic economic policies for the bottom 60%
BR1M (one Malaysia assistance programme) is no substitute for holistic economic policies that improve the welfare of the bottom 60% and the overall economy. It is foolish of UMNO ministers…
Call on the establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry on Long Distance Bus Industry
The 14 deaths of the Pagoh Bus Crash on 24th December 2016 shall not die in vain like all those involved in bus crashes before them. Life and death is…
The battlelines: fear vs hope; race politics vs the rise of the 99%
The next General Election will see starkly opposing battle cries presented by UMNO and the Opposition: UMNO uses fear as its theme while the Opposition creates hope; UMNO plays the…
Khaled Nordin the Merchant of Fear
Johor Menteri Besar Khaled Nordin’s speech at the State Assembly yesterday was a telltale sign of our times: that even the more studious Khaled Nordin is now desperately launching racial…
Allocation for Prime Minister’s Department is unnecessarily huge
The Prime Minister’s Department will receive an allocation of RM 15.94 billion in 2017, of which RM 4.92 billion is for Administration and RM 11.01 billion for Development. The allocation…
Time for a paradigm shift
The shock election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of United States is a timely reminder for Malaysia that we need a new paradigm to face up to the…
How economic disparity fueled Trump’s rise, and what this means for Malaysia
The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States is probably the most important watershed event globally since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.…
The government is finally committed to amend laws that gives discretionary powers to judges on the imposition of the death penalty and to expedite the implementation of a moratorium on all executions.
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…
PM’s ostrich response to multiple crises in ‘Budget Season 2017’
Budget 2017 presented by Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Najib Razak feels like an ostrich’s response to the multiple crises facing the nation. Instead of taking the bull by its horns, Najib…
Death penalty: call on Azalina and Apandi to act
May I congratulate Amnesty International Malaysia for organising this year’s World Day Against Death Penalty with Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall. I apologise for not being able to…
Budget 2017 Curbing Prime Ministerial “slush funds” a national priority
Making a choice Budgeting is about making choices and setting priorities. Budget 2017, which will be presented on 21st October 2016, is set against an increasingly difficult and slowing global…
Did DAP really ‘benefit’ from the EC’s re-delineation exercise?
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…
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