It's Just Politics

Sabahans and Sarawakians are still waiting for the promise of receiving higher returns for their states’ oil to be fulfilled.

The state of mind of the Malays is crucial if any change in Malaysia is to be sustainable.

WHEN I was a teenager, I assumed that Sabah’s neighbour, Kalimantan, was a dark, empty swath of jungle. For me, the Indonesian part of Borneo Island – the third largest island in the world and largest in Asia – was a heart of darkness among its neighbours Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan) and Brunei.

The leaders should accept the fact that Malaysia’s MA63 is a loosely structured federalism, says don.

Once again, current events are being framed through racial and religious lenses.

“LET me get a copy of the Constitution, ” said Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi on Monday before my interview with the Constitutional law expert.

The fiery preacher seems like a divisive figure to the country as a whole – but could he be a unifying force among Muslims in a time when Umno and PAS are considering banding together?

SIX months ago, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia politics and governance research group head Dr Mazlan Ali observed that PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was on track to become Malaysia’s eight Prime Minister.

Party members and grassroots supporters want to see it become a credible check and balance to the Pakatan Harapan government.

It seems that these two politicians, like most divorced Hollywood superpower couples, face irreconcilable differences.

PAKATAN Harapan’s strange pre-GE14 arrangement may cause the fall of its government, said Umno secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa .

THE Machiavellian plot to derail Datuk Seri Azmin Ali’s political ascension has triggered a situation described in an Niccolٍ Machiavelli quote.