Familiarity breeds contempt. There’s no doubt whatsoever that Umno/BN is very unpopular notwithstanding attempts by it to bribe its way back into power with the people’s money. The opposition in general and the PR opposition alliance in particular will clinch the popular vote come the 13th general election. On paper, Umno/BN can win 112 … Read more
Kami adalah sekumpulan rakyat Malaysia berbilang kaum dan pelbagai agama serta mempunyai latarbelakang yang berbeza-beza termasuk dari bidang akademik, perniagaan, profesional, tentera dan sukarelawan. Kami tergerak hati untuk berkongsi rasa bimbang kami terhadap kesan negatif ke atas masyarakat kita akibat daripada perjalanan pilihan raya umum kali ini. Kami menyuarakan keprihatinan kami atas dasar cintakan negara … Read more
Press statement of Group of Concerned Citizens on the General Election (BM version here…) We are a group of Malaysians from diverse ethnicities, religions and backgrounds including military, academic, business, professional and the not-for-profit sector. We have been drawn together by our love for our country and our concern that this general election may see further … Read more
I refer to the article in The Malaysian Insider/New Mandala on reducing Malaysia’s debt burden by Nurhisham Hussein, an economist with Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad and former employee of Permodalan Nasional Berhad. It is encouraging to have him participate in this national conversation on Malaysian debt. Close to 20 prominent Malaysian academics, comprising economists and … Read more
This coming election is going to be the most interesting and most important, in equal proportion, for my life as well as for Malaysia. In my lifetime, there has been 12 GEs and I remember 11 of them well, my first time voting being 1982. I have witnessed rather a lot and have accumulated a … Read more
Sementera peminat dan pemerhati politik tanahair tidak sabar-sabar menunggu hari mengundi, Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) pula nampak seolah-olah menjalankan latihan ‘khidmat negara’ bagi pihak Barisan Nasional (BN). Parti pemerintah yang wakil Umno-nya memegang portfolio Menteri Penerangan telah menawarkan jangkamasa 10 minit untuk Pakatan Rakyat (PR) menjelaskan manifesto pilihanraya mereka melalui media rasmi nasional, yakni saluran … Read more
17 April 2013 We, civil society leaders and activists, applaud the Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) decision to use the symbols of other Pakatan Rakyat parties instead of its clenched fist logo in next month’s general election. We fully understand that this is a difficult compromise made by a Party that has struggled to get … Read more
Rencana pengarang akhbar the New Straits Times tentang wanita di parlimen memperlihatkan bagaimana isu ini berkemungkinan akan terus menjadi satu topik hangat pada masa akan datang sehinggalah tiba satu masa nanti apabila bilangan wanita di arena politik benar-benar mencerminkan hakikat bahawa wanita mempunyai peranan yang besar di negara ini. Menurut rencana NST itu, walaupun kerajaan … Read more
Even before the dust has set on the fixing of the polling date, the Barisan Nasional (BN) had already begun the hijacking of the elections. With the apparent connivance of the Election Commission (EC) – the pit bull ensuring BN’s electoral victory for the past 12 general elections – they have imposed a 10-minute slot … Read more
Krisis kewangan membawa malapetaka ekonomik kepada penduduk mana-mana negara tidak kira di Timur ataupun di Barat. Oleh itu kedudukan kewangan sesebuah negara tidak harus dipandang ringan. Lewat-lewat ini pelbagai laporan dan berita di media menyifatkan keadaan kewangan negara Malaysia dan pengurusannya sebagai membimbangkan. Kebimbangan ini adalah berdasarkan sebab-sebab yang berikut: Aliran wang modal keluar dari … Read more