February 17, 2010 UMNO Youth and Khairy Jamaluddin by By G. Manimaran and Adib Zalkapli The UMNO Youth executive committee will meet Datuk Seri Najib Razak this evening amid rumours of attempts by certain leaders from the wing to unseat its chief Khairy Jamaluddin. An UMNO Youth committee member confirmed the scheduled meeting but described [...]
Archive for February 2010
Crisis in UMNO’s Youth Wing?
February 17, 2010Al-Kataki’s Perkasa is one Big Joke
February 16, 2010Perkasa is One Big Joke, and Ibrahim Ali Al-Kataki is a court jester in Malay Politics, says respected UKM academic Dr. AB Shamsul By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal Malay rights group Perkasa is growing in popularity among the community with its rhetoric but analysts and politicians differ about its actual purpose in a country where Malays [...]
PKR Candidates for Next General Elections will be unwavering, strong, and clean
February 16, 2010February 16, 2010 “We will be extra careful in our choice of candidates for the coming general elections”, says Anwar Ibrahim Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim admitted in Penang today to have wrongly picked some candidates to be the party’s parliamentary elected representatives in the last general election in 2008. Anwar, [...]
Anwar Ibrahim in Penang
February 16, 2010February 16, 2010 Jadual Program Anwar Ibrahim Sempena Sambutan Tahun Baru Cina Di Pulau Pinang 16 Februari 2010, (Selasa) 12.00 – 3.00 Ptg – Sambutan Tahun Cina Pulau Pinang Lokasi – Riffle Range, Air Hitam Pulau Pinang (DUN Kebun Bunga) … 7.15 Malam – Solat dan Tazkirah Maghrib Masjid Mengkuang Semarak … 8.30 Malam – [...]
Good Turnout at Guan Eng’s Open House
February 15, 2010February 15, 2010 Good Turnout at Guan Eng’s Open House by Terence Netto A full turnout of the top brass of Pakatan Rakyat’s Penang contingent at Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s open house at Komtar Walk yesterday doused hopes that the insurgency of Zahrain Mohd Hashim was gaining ground. The leading figures in the state [...]
Hanky Panky in PM’s Department
February 15, 2010February 15, 2010 Hanky Panky in PM’s Department : Focus on a Senior Minister? by S D Idid (http://www.malaysianmirror.com/) Following the nabbing of a political secretary – with RM2million stashed at an apartment he was staying at near Butterworth – the attention now would surely turn to the senior minister he is working for. Several [...]
PKR’s Direct Supreme Council Election at End of 2010 Convention
February 15, 2010February 15, 2010 Parti KeADILan Rakyat’s Direct Supreme Council Election Deferred to End of 2010 Convention Parti KeADILan Rakyat’s (PKR) direct supreme council election which was slated for the party’s May congress has been postponed to year-end. This six-month delay is for the party to make adjustments after the constitutional amendment mandating the new method [...]
Sakmongkol on Bayan Baru’s Zahrain
February 14, 2010Sakmongkol’s Advice to UMNO and Najib on Bayan Baru’s Zahrain Hashim by Sakmongkol AK47 (February 13, 2010) There’s a simple test to see whether UMNO is stupid or not. If it takes in Zahrain who recently jumped ship from PKR, it is stupid. It is already showing it is stupid by accepting the rejects from [...]
Perutusan Hari Raya Cina Tahun Harimau dari Anwar Ibrahim
February 14, 201014hb. Februari, 2010 Perutusan Tahun Baru Cina–Gong Xi Fa Cai Tahun Baru Cina kali ini merupakan tahun harimau. Ianya melambangkan keberanian, kejujuran, tangkas, sedia bersaing dan siaga mempertahankan maruah. Kebiasaannya masyarakat cina akan mengambil pedoman dari kitaran tahun-tahun tersebut untuk mencipta dan merencana masa depan yang lebih cemerlang. Namun bagi semua rakyat Malaysia ciri-ciri baik [...]
Message to PR Leaders : “Quit yes, but Frogs must also resign from Elected Post”
February 14, 2010February 14, 2010 Future PR Election Candidates Must Make Public Pledge by the Patriot (http://pray-for-malaysia.blogspot.com) According to Malaysian Insider, 5 more Parti KeADILan Rakyat (PKR) MPs are said to be considering resigning from PKR to become independent (Five more MPs to quit PKR?). We voters are fed up with the frogs and the potential frogs. [...]
1Malaysia, CNY and Year of the Tiger: A Parody
February 14, 2010February 14, 2010 A Parody of Sorts: Nothing wrong with 1Malaysia by Neil Khor Recently, Barry Wain, the author of ‘Malaysian Maverick’, was interviewed in a programme in Australia. Entitled ‘What is wrong with Malaysia’, this radio programme was broadcast in Australia in reaction to some 50 Australian MPs signing to protest against the on-going [...]
A Strange Trial in Progress
February 13, 2010February 13, 2010 A Strange Trial in Malaysia: A Severe Test for Pakatan Rakyat by Dr Ooi Kee Beng It is a strange trial taking place in Malaysia at the moment; strange because no matter what the verdict turns out to be, the public perception of what is taking place will remain the same. Indeed, [...]
Debate the Penang Malay Issue, says Pakatan Rakyat to UMNO
February 13, 2010February 13, 2010 Pakatan Rakyat to UMNO: Let’s debate the Penang Malay Issue by Low Chia Ming Penang Pakatan leaders came out in full force last night to fight accusations that the state government had sidelined the Malay community and issued a challenge to UMNO to a debate on the issue. The challenge was issued [...]
PKR Politics from the Nettoian Perspective
February 13, 2010February 13, 2010 Zahrain’s Departure a delusive gauge by Terence Netto Netto’s Comment : Gauging the impact of Bayan Baru MP Zahrain Mohd Hashim’s departure from PKR – whether it is a harbinger of crisis in the party or a storm in a teacup – is complicated for a number of reasons. Zahrain yesterday made [...]
Najib: Divided, we fall
February 13, 2010February 13, 2010 Comment: Prime Minister Najib speaks eloquently, but fails to act accordingly. It is difficult for me to refute his pronouncements in recent months. But it is his politics of regime survival that undermines his economic agenda and confidence in his stewardship of our country. Perak is one case in point. Only in [...]
Stand Up for Justice
February 12, 2010February 12, 2010 Stand Up for Justice by William Leong Jee Keen, Member of Parliament for Selayang On February 2, 2010, the battle for Malaysia moved into a decisive phase, the trial of Anwar Ibrahim. Although Anwar Ibrahim is in the dock, Malaysians are on trial. Malaysians are put to the test. Do Malaysians want [...]
Zahrain Hashim: Bayan Baru’s New Independent Member of Parliament
February 12, 2010February 12, 2010 Datuk Seri Zahrain Hashim becomes Independent Member of Parliament for Bayan Baru By Adib Zalkapli Outspoken PKR MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Hashim today announced that he is quitting the party, making him the first federal lawmaker from Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to turn independent. He told reporters he is beginning to have doubts [...]
