from BOLEHLAND to SWEARLAND!

No need for me to swear on the Quran, says Anwar GEORGE TOWN - Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (pic) says he will not swear on the Quran that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had asked for funds from the World Bank in 1999. He claimed that there was no need for him to do so because the World Bank had records...

Ku Li is opposition’s ‘meal’ ticket

If a 'hung' Parliament does befall Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat's Anwar Ibrahim will be kept waiting at the royal gates. Last week I wrote that the 13th general election will deliver a clear winner simply because that’s what Malaysians “would prefer”. But let’s now assume the next GE delivers a hung Parliament. How can this happen? More...

Akta Perhimpunan Aman usaha BN sekat kebebasan!

Nov 23, 2011 | Rang undang-undang Perhimpunan Aman 2011 yang dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat, semalam sama sekali bersifat mencegah atau melarang sama sekali sebarang perhimpunan di negara ini, kata bagi AJK PAS Pusat, Mohamed Hanipa Maidin. Menurut Mohamed Hanipa (kiri) yang juga seorang peguam, tindakan menamakan rang undang-undang itu sebagai Akta Perhimpunan Aman sedangkan hakikatnya melarang perhimpunan adalah jelas...

The 13th GE: Its an open field.

Rahim Tamby Chik( RTC) says there are attempts by the opposition  parties to invite Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah to become PM. This will happen Rahim says, if there is a hung parliament. Such a situation is untenable says Rahim because it will create political instability. So UMNO must work hard to get a 2/3rd majority. Those were the observations and musings by (RTC) on the political possibilities after the GE13. What is...

Budget 2012- hardly transformative.

Here is the reason why PM Najib isn’t heeding the unsolicited talking-tos and advice of Dr Mahathir. He has that one tool which he thinks can earn the loyalty and allegiance of people who will ensure BN stays in power. The BUDGET.   It’s themed as a transformative budget. The only transformative feature in a budget described to induce that effect, is converting a cashless person to a person with some cash through a sudden...

It’s so nice to be able to gloat

I felt good. They tried to screw me and now they got screwed instead. They thought they would punish me for walking away by charging me under Section 501 instead of 203. And now they realise it was a big mistake and that they set a trap for me which ended up trapping themselves instead. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER | Raja Petra Kamarudin It’s...