PAKATAN Harapan politicians say he is headed for jail but for now, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is still a free man and he is making the most of it as he joins the campaign trail in Cameron Highlands.

PETALING JAYA: There has been a storm of opinions in the mobile chat groups of Umno members regarding news that the six MPs who quit the party will be allowed back into the party.

DATUK Seri Azmin Ali has clearly become the man to watch among Singapore’s political elite.

IN the old days, a by-election just weeks before Chinese New Year would have been seen as an early angpow for the constituency concerned.

The relationship between PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his deputy has sunk to an all-time low and the talk is that Datuk Seri Azmin Ali has taken matters to a point of no return.

IT has been a momentous year for Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad but the second time around as Prime Minister has not been the dream ride that many thought it would be.

Analysis by Joceline Tan NO one in the party, not even Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan himself, ever saw him becoming Umno’s No 1 – but there he was on Friday afternoon chairing his first supreme council meeting as the deputy president taking on the duties of the president.

Datuk Seri Azmin Ali and Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein are allegedly the hidden hands behind garnering support for Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The Islamic flavour, the sheer numbers and single-minded purpose of protesters at the anti-Icerd rally means that the government cannot afford to ignore what the Malays want.

At the heart of tomorrow’s mass gatherings – one advocating the human rights charter and the other revolving around Malay rights and Islam – lies the fact that race and religion continue to divide the nation.

PERAK Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu is either a very good actor or he has nerves of steel.

It is going to be a numbers game at the PAS-Umno rally on Dec 8 where two Malay political parties intend to protest against threats to their race and religion as well as showcase their influence on the Malay ground.